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Business Ethics and the Austrian Tradition in Economics is a treatise on the fundamental questions of business ethics and addresses significant shortcomings in the field. It is the result of correlating reflections on phenomena, resulting from an intersection of ethics, economics, methodology, and political and social philosophy.

Zusammenfassung
Dieser Essay ist ein Nachruf auf den im März 2006 verstorbenen, international renommierten Wissenschaftstheoretiker und Sozialphilosophen Gerard Radnitzky. Im Mittelpunkt stehen zweierlei: zum einen Radnitzkys Wandlung vom klassisch liberalen Hayekianer zum strikten Libertären im Stile Anthony de Jasays und zum anderen die Gründe, die zu Radnitzkys Priorisierung der geordneten Anarchie gegenüber der spontanen Ordnung geführt haben dürften. In diesem Sinne ist der Nekrolog ein Versuch, Radnitzkys Entwicklung als Politischer Philosoph skizzenhaft nachzuzeichnen und als Wechselspiel darzustellen, das einerseits aus Radnitzkys stetem Bemühen um eine auf exakter Problemanalyse gründender Erkenntniserweiterung und andererseits aus den Kollisionen mit diversen Kollektivismen, denen der "gelernte Heimatlose" ausgesetzt war, hervorging.

The future of the postcommunist states in Eastern Europe depends largely on the chosen constitutional framework. Joining the European Community (EC) of the West European countries, if possible at all, or imitating such a structure in the East entails the risk of a slow economic recovery caused by the corporativism in the EC. Here, investigated are the conditions under which this process can be accelerated & what effects this will have on the rights of individual freedom, drawing on the moral philosophy of the Enlightenment. It is concluded that there is an innergroup & an intergroup limit of state activity, both not sufficient to reduce the growth of government to a minimal extent, & hence, not sufficient for a free & prosperous East Europe.

Anthony de Jasay's work has been enormously influential, describing both a theoretical philosophical model for a stateless, liberal, free market order and offering analysis of and solutions to many of the technical economic problems associated with such a vision of society - most notably his work on the free rider and his return. In this book ten significant scholars in philosophy and political economy, including Nobel laureate in economics James Buchanan, pay tribute to the man and his work in a series of essays at once both respectful and critical. Ordered Anarchy focuses on three fundamental questions of libertarian thinking. Which are the basic libertarian principles and how do rights and liberties relate to each other? Is order possible and durable in an anarchic or quasi-anarchic society, and if so, under which preconditions? How and to what extent are the pillars of politics, such as the constitution, institutions and government, detrimental or beneficial to an enduring free society? While Narveson, Palmer and Bouillon focus on the first of these questions, the late Radnitzky and van Dun address the second. Benson, Holcombe and Kliemt provide answers to question number three, while Buchanan and Little highlight the role of Anthony de Jasay in this debate and the inspiration that his thinking has given to the authors of this volume.