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Road to Serfdom: With the Intellectuals and Socialism
Friedrich A Hayek
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Paperback. "Socialism" has particular appeal to intellectuals - the teachers, journalists and other commentators who pass comment on public policy without any special expertise on economic matters. This work explains the enduring appeal of socialist ideas. Num Pages: 140 pages, b/w illustration. BIC Classification: KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
This is a condensed edition of 'The Road to Serfdom' republished in this edition with 'The Intellectuals and Socialism' (originally published in 1949). In 'The Road to Serfdom' F. A. Hayek set out the danger posed to freedom by attempts to apply the principles of wartime economic and social planning to the problems of peacetime. Hayek argued that the rise of Nazism was not due to any character failure on the part of the German people, but was a consequence of the socialist ideas that had gained common currency in Germany in the decades preceding the outbreak of war. ... Read more
This is a condensed edition of 'The Road to Serfdom' republished in this edition with 'The Intellectuals and Socialism' (originally published in 1949). In 'The Road to Serfdom' F. A. Hayek set out the danger posed to freedom by attempts to apply the principles of wartime economic and social planning to the problems of peacetime. Hayek argued that the rise of Nazism was not due to any character failure on the part of the German people, but was a consequence of the socialist ideas that had gained common currency in Germany in the decades preceding the outbreak of war. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Institute of Economic Affairs
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780255365765
SKU
V9780255365765
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Ref
99-41
About Friedrich A Hayek
Friedrich August Hayek (May 1899 - March 1992), born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek and frequently known as F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian, later British, economist and philosopher best known for his defence of classical liberalism. In 1974, Hayek shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (with Gunnar Myrdal) for his "pioneering work in the ... Read more
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