Towards a Liberal Utopia?

Studies the utopian dreams of liberal economists and political scientists, and the attempts to turn them into reality.

Outlines the dreams of liberal economics and political scientists. This book shows how an earlier generation of liberal economists turned ideas into action.The first part of this fascinating book outlines the dreams of liberal economics and political scientists. The thinkers sketch out frameworks for policy, which, in increasing the domain for individual action, will give rise to beneficial results and lead to a better and more prosperous soceity. The second part of the book shows how an earlier generation of liberal economists turned ideas into action. Led by Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon, the authors writing for the IEA helped to turn back the tide of collectivism by exposing its intellectual failings.