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This paper discusses how 'wars of ideas' can be waged, using the author's extensive experience, both as director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and at other classical liberal think tanks. John Blundell begins his stimulating collection of published essays, reviews and introductions by showing how the founders of the IEA successfully fought the conventional 'planning' wisdom of the 1960s and 1970s, providing the ideas which, by the 1980s and 1990s, had brought about increased freedom and a revival in the use of markets. He draws lessons from those days and then surveys the contemporary scene, showing how the anti-liberal ideas emerging now are different from those which prevailed in the early years of the IEA. As well as giving a valuable view of the IEA's development in the past, these essays also offer advice on how to continue winning in the new circumstances of the present. Waging the War of ldeas has been constantly in demand since it was first published in 2001. This new and expanded edition contains three new chapters and is introduced by Professor Walter Williams.

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Author:   John Blundell ,  Walter E. Williams
Publisher:   Institute of Economic Affairs
Imprint:   Institute of Economic Affairs
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Weight:   0.228kg
ISBN:  

9780255366069

ISBN 10:   025536606
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   16 February 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

How to move a nation; Waging the war of ideas: why there are no shortcuts; No Antony Fisher, no IEA: The Case for Freedom after 50 years; Hayek and the second-hand dealers in ideas; The power of ideas; The right use of ideas; More on the power of ideas; Hayek, Fisher and The Road to Serfdom; Foreword to The Representation of Business in English Literature; Foreword to A Conversation with Harris and Seldon; Just in Time: Inside the Thatcher Revolution; The Hoover Institution; On Friedman's 90th birthday we still need his remedy; The achievements of Peter Bauer; Beyond ideology: towards the demise of the state and the coming era of consumer politics; Looking back at the condensed version of The Road to Serfdom after 60 years; Lessons of the past fifty years show we need to create a free-market Utopia; A Gift of Freedom: How the John M Olin Foundation Changed America; Tribute to Lord Harris of High Cross and Dr Arthur Seldon CBE.

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