Lexington Books
Pages: 776
Trim: 7½ x 10¼
978-0-7391-8668-8 • Hardback • November 2014 • $189.00 • (£146.00)
978-0-7391-8669-5 • eBook • November 2014 • $179.50 • (£138.00)
Stuart K. Hayashi works at the Hawaii State Capitol as a legislative analyst and aide in the governor’s office and both legislative houses.
LIFE IN THE MARKET ECOSYSTEM
The Survival of the FreestTABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgments Preface Part One—The Ecosystem of Human Society Ch. 1. Adaptation Under Different Regime Models Ch. 2. Folkways: Customs As Evolutionary Adaptations Ch. 3. Industrial Revolution As Cultural Evolution Ch. 4. The Role of the Individual in Kin Selection Ch. 5. Competing Secular Theories About Ethics Ch. 6. The Market Ecosystem Ch. 7. The Standard Monopoly Myth Ch. 8. The Standard of Value: Individual Life Versus Kin Selection Ch. 9. A Bird Which Flies Solo: Liberty for the Loner Part Two—The Creation of Wealth Ch. 10. How Suicidal Is Global Capitalism? Ch. 11. The Issues of Imperialism Ch. 12. Environmentalism As an Unsustainable Policy Ch. 13. Entrepreneurial Adaptation Ch. 14. Man, The Resourceful Ape Ch. 15. How Financiers Energize Enterprise Ch. 16. Intellectual Property Rights Are Patently Great Ch. 17. The Peaceful Individual As Sovereign Part Three—The Distribution of Wealth Ch. 18. The Most Basic Need Ch. 19. Capitalism’s Moral Idealism Ch. 20. Laissez Faire Versus the Welfare State: Which Is More Ruthless Toward the Poor? Ch. 21. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Richer Bibliography Final Page of Bibliography About the Author Total Number of Pages (including those numbered with Roman numerals)
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Life in the Market Ecosystem is a richly researched and powerfully uncompromising argument for laissez-faire. With a patient but unwavering focus, the book addresses capitalism's ubiquitous critiques while offering a morally grounded perspective on its global potential. This ambitious and illuminating treatise cements Hayashi among today's leading new intellectuals.
— Jonathan Hoenig, Fox News Contributor and Portfolio Manager, Capitalistpig Hedge Fund LLC
In this ambitious work, Stuart Hayashi clearly, systematically, and accessibly articulates the secular, philosophical, and moral foundations of a free society based on the supremacy of individual rights in which each person has the opportunity to pursue his flourishing and happiness. The author explains these foundations in language that will be understandable to educated laypersons, college students, and concerned citizens who follow current political issues covered by the media. While discussing the compatibility of human nature and individual rights, he makes a compelling and unprecedented argument that particular theories from the field of evolutionary psychology are congruent with Objectivism’s views on human nature, individual rights, morality, social relationships, and the nature and rules of a proper government (i.e., a limited night watchman state). Hayashi’s book is a masterful feat of intellectual integration from various disciplines that builds on the work of Ayn Rand and other intellectual giants, past and present.
— Edward W. Younkins
Stuart K. Hayashi's Life in the Market Ecosystem, an exciting sequel to The Freedom of Peaceful Action, continues a prolific journey towards a tremendously deep understanding of man's individual rights in the modern, industrial context. With no stone left unturned and explored, Hayashi explains how the human ecosystem has evolved over time and how it has been studied and interpreted—rightly and wrongly—over the last three centuries. That grounding makes for a fascinating and provocative re-interpretation of nineteenth century liberalism and capitalism that is sure to infuriate and inspire in equal measure. The end result is a remarkable work of diverse scholarship that hammers home the essential point that man, that greatest of animals, requires liberty to think, survive, and prosper.
— Alexander Marriott, Wiley College
Stuart Hayashi has done it again. In this carefully researched book, he has marshaled an impressive array of facts, integrating them into a sustained and effective argument for liberty. Life in the Market Ecosystem should be studied diligently by the friends and foes of freedom alike.
— Andrew Bernstein, author of The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire