The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory : A Case Study of Its Pioneers

In the 1970s, the Keynesian orthodoxy in macroeconomics began to break down. In direct contrast to Keynesian recommendations of discretionary policy, models advocating laissez-faire came to the forefront of economic theory, from monetarism to public choice theory to new classical economics. This book provides a comprehensive account of this watershed and traces the evolution of laissez-faire using the cases of its main proponents.