The Road to Serfdom

Friedrich August Hayek

Routledge, May 17, 2001 - 272 pages

The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought. For over half a century it has inspired politicians and thinkers around the world, and has had a crucial impact on our political and cultural history. With trademark brilliance, Hayek argues convincingly that, while socialist ideals may be tempting, they cannot be accomplished except by means that few would approve of. Addressing economics, fascism, history, socialism and the Holocaust, Hayek unwraps the trappings of socialist ideology. He reveals to the world that little can result from such ideas except oppression and tyranny. Today, more than fifty years on, Hayek's warnings are just as valid as when The Road to Serfdom was first published.

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User Review  - Frank - Goodreads

I initially placed von Hayek's near obsessional treatment of late nineteenth century / early twentieth century Germany to sour grapes over the outcome of competition between Prussia and Austria. It is ...

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User Review  - Bank - Goodreads

A brilliant book written in 1944 as a treatise on economics and political systems . Hayek had seen the collapse of the monarchies in WW 1 , seen the chaos caused by the Treaty of Versailles, the rise ...

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About the author

F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and the principal proponent of libertarianism in the twentieth century. He taught at the University of London, the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Road to Serfdom; Routledge Classics
• Author: Friedrich August Hayek
• Editor: Friedrich August Hayek
• Edition: 2, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Routledge, 2001
• ISBN: 0415255430, 9780415255431
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Communism; Economic policy; Economics; Fascism; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism; Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy; Socialism; Totalitarianism