TY - BOOK ID - 8429600 TI - Frank H. Knight : prophet of freedom PY - 2016 SN - 1137462108 1137462116 9781137462107 PB - London: Palgrave MacMillan, DB - UniCat KW - Chicago school of economics KW - Knight, Frank Hyneman, KW - Religion and sociology. KW - Political philosophy. KW - Economic history. KW - Public finance. KW - Economics. KW - Economic History. KW - Methodology/History of Economic Thought. KW - Public Economics. KW - Religion and Society. KW - Political Philosophy. KW - Chicago school of economics. KW - Knight, Frank H. KW - Monetarism KW - Institutional economics KW - Neoclassical school of economics KW - Schools of economics KW - Political science KW - History of Economic Thought/Methodology. KW - Philosophy. KW - Political philosophy KW - Religion and society KW - Religious sociology KW - Society and religion KW - Sociology, Religious KW - Sociology and religion KW - Sociology of religion KW - Sociology KW - Cameralistics KW - Public finance KW - Currency question KW - Economic conditions KW - History, Economic KW - Economics KW - Public finances KW - Knight, Frank Hyneman, - 1885-1972. KW - Finance, Public. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8429600 AB - Frank H. Knight was co-founder of the “Chicago School”. He was, first and foremost, a teacher; a theorist and author second. His work is scattered across many economic journals in essay-form standing on the base of Risk, Uncertainty and Profit, published in 1921. Within the economic world today he is chiefly noted for the notion of ‘Knightian Uncertainty’, with which he established his reputation in the pantheon of great economic thinkers. While many who passed through his classes and the Chicago School placed great faith in capitalism, Knight remained a critical supporter of capitalism, offering prophetic insights into behavioural economics and economic society. The 2008 recession burst the bubble of optimism, dating back to the 1980s, in what the economy can do for society. This brought back Keynesian insights into thinking about policy today. In this book, the author argues that Knight also deserves reconsideration, as his prophetic insights can offer a view into the soul of the modern economy. ER -