This book makes an innovative link between classical liberalism and questions of international economic order, surveying the tradition from the era of the Scottish Enlightenment to modern thinkers like Hayek.

Classical liberalism has frequently been applied to 'domestic' political economy. This book is innovative in as much as it links classical liberalism to questions of international economic order. The author begins with an outline of classical liberalism as applied to domestic economic order. He then surveys the classical liberal tradition from the Scottish Enlightenment to modern thinkers like Knight, Hayek and Viner. Finally, he brings together the insights of thinkers in this tradition to provide a synthetic overview of classical liberalism and international economic order. The author's deployment of classical liberalism strikes a different note to other 'liberal' interpretations in economics and political science. In particular, classical liberalism points to the domestic preconditions of international order, and advocates unilateral liberalisation in the context of an institutional competition between states. This unusual work of modern theory, intellectual history and international political economy offers new perspectives from economic theorists, political scientists and historians of economic and political thought.

1. Introduction Section I: The Foundations Of Classical Liberalism2. What Is Classical Liberalism? 3. The International Political Economy Of David Hume And Adam Smith: Commercial Openness, Institutional Change And Unilateral Free Trade Section II: American Excursions: Knight And Viner 4. The Political Economy Of Frank Knight: Classical Liberalism From Chicago 5. Jacob Viner As Historian Of Ideas And International Political Economist Section III: German Neoliberalism: Eucken, Bohm, Ropke 6. Ordoliberalism And The Social Market: Classical Liberalism From Germany 7. The International Political Economy Of Wilhelm Ropke: Liberalism "From Below" Section IV: Constitutionalism And International Political Economy: Tumlir 8. Jan Tumlir: Democratic Constitutionalism And International Economic Order Section V: Conclusion 9. Classical Liberalism And International Economic
Order: A Synthesis