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Hayek, Mill and the Liberal Tradition Hayek, Mill, and the Liberal Tradition This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issue with Hayek’s criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective on the liberal tra- dition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an accurate reading of the ideas of Mill and Smith, as well as considering themes such as sympathy and analytical egalitarianism that play a large part in the liberal tradition. These chapters argue that addition of these key ideas to the Hayekian corpus leads to a far broader understanding of the liberal tradition than that provided by Hayek. One objective is to provide a discussion of the tensions that seemingly pervade aspects of Hayek’s account of the intellectual history of the liberal tradi- tion. For example, one unfortunate consequence of Hayek’s reading of Smith and Mill is that certain themes – e.g., sympathy and analytical egalitarianism – that played a vitally important role in their thinking are either seriously under- played in Hayek’s account or, rather worse, apparently ignored. Adding these key ideas (e.g., sympathy) to the Hayekian corpus leads to a rather broader understanding and conception of the liberal tradition than that usually associated with Hayekian social theory per se. A broad- based work that is a valuable addition to the literature on Hayek and the liberal tradition more generally, this book will be of great use to anyone who is interested in social theory, intellectual and economic history alike. Andrew Farrant is Assistant Professor of Economics at Dickinson College. 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