{"product_id":"the-state-is-rolling-back-9780865975439","title":"The State Is Rolling Back","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Arthur Seldon | Colin Robinson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Economics - Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe State Is Rolling Back, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e the second volume of Liberty Fund's \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Arthur Seldon, \u003c\/i\u003e brings together a comprehensive collection of fifty-four articles reflecting Arthur Seldon's scholarly development. By the late twentieth century, Arthur Seldon was one of the most powerful exponents of classical liberalism, helping to stimulate its revival, through both his own writings and the publications of the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, of which he was Editorial Director for more than 30 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1994, this book collects virtually all of Seldon's major ideas and his proposals for reform. In its totality, \u003ci\u003eThe State Is Rolling Back\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates Seldon's long-standing advocacy and commitment to free-market reforms and includes his earliest, barbed criticisms of the \"welfare state.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Seldon\u003c\/b\u003e has been writing on classical liberal economics since the 1930s, when he was a student at the London School of Economics during Friedrich Hayek's time there. For over thirty years, from the late 1950s, he was Editorial Director of the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, where his publishing program was one of the principal influences on governments all around the world, persuading them to liberalize their economies. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Works\u003c\/i\u003e in these seven volumes are a major contribution to classical liberal thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e was a business economist for eleven years. He was then appointed to the Chair of Economics at the University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, where he founded the Department of Economics and is now Emeritus Professor. He is the author of 23 books and over 150 scholarly articles and has edited many other books. For many years he has been associated with the Institute of Economic Affairs and from 1992 to 2002 he was the IEA's Editorial Director.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46357776662679,"sku":"9780865975439","price":2059.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780865975439.webp?v=1769306095","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-state-is-rolling-back-9780865975439","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}