About the Author

Alan Ebenstein is the author or coauthor of six other books in the history of economic and political theory, including Edwin Cannan: Liberal Doyen; with his father, the late William Ebenstein, Great Political Thinkers: Plato to the Present; and the forthcoming Hayek's Journey. Ebenstein received his Ph.D. in political philosophy from the London School of Economics and resides in Santa Barbara, California.