Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 War, bureaucracy, and constitutional development : some neglected costs -- 2 The cult of nationalism -- 3 Nationalism in economic history -- 4 Was foreign trade necessary? -- 5 The snare of central planning -- 6 Big business -- 7 Farmers' glory? -- 8 The professions and the unions -- 9 The open society -- Index