Alan O. Ebenstein vs. Friedrich Hayek
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Alan O. Ebenstein
1959 – present
Alan Oliver (Lanny) Ebenstein is an American political scientist, economist, educator, and author, known best for his biographical works on prominent economists including Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman. He is a lecturer at University of California, Santa Barbara.
"Hayek emphasized the importance of rules. He thought that what society should do is not to direct the individual in his or her particular actions, but to create…"
Friedrich Hayek
1899 – 1992
Friedrich August von Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history. Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.
"Yet, though the French Revolution was so largely inspired by the ideal of the Rule of Law, it is questionable whether it really helped the advance towards that …"
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