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Friedrich A. Hayek

Born

in Vienna (formerly Austria-Hungary), Austria

May 08, 1899

Died

March 23, 1992

Genre

Politics, Philosophy, Economics

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Friedrich August von Hayek CH was an Austrian and British economist and philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought. He is considered by some to be one of the most important economists and political philosophers of the twentieth century. Hayek's account of how changing prices communicate signals which enable individuals to coordinate their plans is widely regarded as an important achievement in economics. Hayek also wrote on the topics of jurisprudence, neuroscience and the history of ideas.

Hayek is one of the most influential members of the Austrian School of economics, and in 1974 shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with Gunnar Myrdal "for their p ...more

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	The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, Milton Friedman 4.15 avg rating — 25,534 ratings — published 1944 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Constitution of Liberty 4.16 avg rating — 2,860 ratings — published 1960 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by Friedrich A. Hayek, W.W. Bartley III (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 2,485 ratings — published 1988 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Individualism and Economic Order 4.24 avg rating — 1,015 ratings — published 1948 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Use of Knowledge in Society 4.38 avg rating — 668 ratings — published 1945 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Denationalisation of Money -The Argument Refined 4.19 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 1976 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1: Rules and Order 4.26 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mirage of Social Justice 4.17 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1976 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Law, Legislation and Liberty 4.29 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capitalism and the Historians 3.95 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 1954 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Law, Legislation and Liberty (4 books)
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Quotes by Friedrich A. Hayek (?)

“From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently. Equality before the law and material equality are therefore not only different but are in conflict with each other; and we can achieve either one or the other, but not both at the same time”
― Friedrich August von Hayek, Constitution of Liberty

tags: political_philosopy

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“Fascism is the stage reached after communism has proved an illusion.”
― Friedrich von Hayek

tags: communism, fascism

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“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.”
― Friedrich August von Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty

tags: coercion, equality, exclusivity, liberty, marginalized-people, oppression, privilege

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Bryan Caplan

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