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Regards croisés sur Hayek Droit, philosophie, économie
Economist and philosopher, winner of the Bank of Sweden prize in honor of Alfred Nobel in economic sciences in 1974, Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992) is undoubtedly the most important figure in the renewal of liberal thought in the 20th century. He is regularly cited today as the supposed inspiration for so-called “neoliberal” policies and the ideology of the same name. Beyond the controversies, his thinking remains essential in many current debates on economics, political science, philosophy, the history of ideas, epistemology, the theory of spontaneous orders, and even constitutional law. It is this transversal dimension of his thought that the studies brought together in this collection highlight, where economists and public law jurists meet. It covers themes such as the debate between Hayek and Keynes, Hayek's conception of democracy, Hayek's praise of the rule of law, his vision of individual freedom and its relationship to libertarian conceptions, his ideas on federalism in Europe, its relationship to the idea of “authoritarian liberalism” and its real influence on the development of cryptocurrencies. So many reflections which address both Hayek's numerous writings, in a willingly critical manner, and the speeches about him, which are too often reductive. This multidisciplinary panorama puts the work in its historical context, while placing it in the perspective of today's debates. This collective work will therefore be of interest to jurists, economists and, more generally, all those concerned with the major contemporary debates of ideas.
