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The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich August von Hayek
Van Hayek's classic text on Freedom
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The Road to Serfdom (1944) explains the potential of socialist systems to become totalitarian and why this was so significant after WWII. These abstracts will show you how socialist planning can lead to a loss of freedom, individuality and democracy.
About the author
Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992) was an Austrian-born, British economist and a co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974. He was a pioneer of monetary theory, a major proponent of classic liberalism and would later receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991.
Who might enjoy this content?
- Anyone interested in classic liberalism
- Anyone skeptical of state control over the means of production
