<P>Across seventeen volumes to date, the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series has anthologized the diverse and prolific writings of the Austrian economist synonymous with classical liberalism. <I>Essays on Liberalism and the Economy </I>traces the author¿s long and evolving writings on the cluster of beliefs he championed most: liberalism, its core tenets, and how its tradition represents the best hope for Western civilization. <BR><BR>This deft selection includes some of Hayek¿s most important and famous essays as well as unpublished and lesser-known works. It contains material from almost the entire span of Hayek¿s career, the earliest from 1931 and the last from 1984. The works were written for a variety of purposes and audiences, and they include¿along with conventional academic papers¿encyclopedia entries, after-dinner addresses, a lecture for graduate students, a book review, newspaper articles, and letters to the editors of national newspapers. While many are available elsewher