From Weight Watchers to State Watchers: Towards a Narrative of Liberalism

Daniel Klein

No 153, Ratio Working Papers from The Ratio Institute

Abstract: Alan Kahan’s Mind vs. Money: The War between Intellectuals and Capitalism (Transaction Publishers, 2010) treats intellectuals as a class, and tells of intellectuals’ yearning to play the role of cleric and of aristocrat. Kahan says that intellectuals are necessarily alienated from “capitalism.” In this essay I discuss Kahan’s erudite and insightful – though sometimes exasperating – work, and I take the opportunity to develop some ideas on the topic, ideas in line with Hayek’s thought.

Keywords: Intellectuals; capitalism; liberalism; statism; Hayek (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 B00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2010-06-04
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Note: To appear in The Review of Austrian Economics.
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