Classical Liberalism and International Economic Order: Studies in Theory and Intellectual History

by Razeen Sally

This book makes an innovative link between classical liberalism and questions of international economic order. The author begins with an outline of classical liberalism as applied to domestic economic order. He then surveys the classical liberal tradition from the Scottish Enlightenment to modern thinkers like Knight, Hayekn and Viner. Finally, he brings together the insights of thinkers in this tradition to provide a synthetic overview of classical liberalism and international economic order.
The author's deployment of classical liberalism strikes a different note to other 'liberal' interpretations in economics and political science. In particular, classical liberalism points to the domestic preconditions of international order, and advocates unilateral liberalisation in the context of an institutional competition between states.

236 pages, Hardcover

First published July 9, 1998

Reviews

[Amanda Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I'll need to read this about 4 more times before I get everything being conveyed to me, but on the plus side I think I understand a few concepts (and learned of entirely new ones) a bit more now!