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Liberalism in the Classical Tradition

Liberalism in the Classical Tradition. Peter Boettke Econ 828/Fall 2004 September 13. Mises in Context. Theoretical The comparison of social systems of exchange and production Socialism 1922 Liberalism 1927 Interventionism 1929 Historical Anti-Liberalism WWI

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Liberalism in the Classical Tradition

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  1. Liberalism in the Classical Tradition Peter Boettke Econ 828/Fall 2004 September 13

  2. Mises in Context • Theoretical • The comparison of social systems of exchange and production • Socialism 1922 • Liberalism 1927 • Interventionism 1929 • Historical • Anti-Liberalism • WWI • Nation, State and Economy 1919 • Public Policy • Protectionism/Nationalism • Socialism – Internationalism and Nationalism • Progressivism and Interventionism

  3. Rules of Engagement in Economic Systems • Compare Theory with Theory, or Reality with Reality, but never the Theory of one with the Reality of another • Means/Ends Analysis • Treat Ends as Given --- meaning of value freedom • Means effectively achieve ends --- Efficient • Means fight against ends --- Inefficient • Means are incoherent with respect to ends -- Impossible • Vulnerability to Opportunism • How deviant does behavior have to be for the social system to prove unable to operate effectively? • Self-interested behavior domestically • Predatory behavior internationally

  4. The Assessment of Economic and Political Systems • Intentions Do Not Equal Results • Unintended consequences • Invisible hand explanations as well as perversity of outcomes explanations • Attempting Something is NOT the same as achieving something • Importance of taking definitions seriously • E.g., the meaning of socialism • Reasons for Deviations from Liberal Economic Policy • Managerial (organizational efficiency), Paternalism (impose the values of the elite on others for their good), Distributive (equity), Parentialism (desire to be ruled over – “afraid to be free”)

  5. What is “liberalism”? • Private Property, p. 18 • Equity in opportunity not results, p. 29, 31, 44. • Limited Government, p. 39, 52-55, 68. • Toleration and freedom of association, p. 55-57. • Free Trade and Non-Aggressive Foreign Policy, p. 105-54. • Cosmopolitan, p. 106-7, 144. • Anti-Imperialism and anti-colonialism, p. 125. • Free trade, p. 130-32, 148, 150. • Liberalism is the application of science to the realm of public policy, p. 88.

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