The Road to Serfdom

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Ark Paperbacks, 1986 - Political Science - 184 pages

A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual history and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians and scholars for half a century. Originally published in 1944, it was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

This new edition includes a foreword by series editor and leading Hayek scholar Bruce Caldwell explaining the book's origins and publishing history and assessing common misinterpretations of Hayek's thought. Caldwell has also standardized and corrected Hayek's references and added helpful new explanatory notes. Supplemented with an appendix of related materials and forewords to earlier editions by the likes of Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Friedrich Hayek's enduring masterwork.

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Contents

PLANNING AND THE RULE OF
54
the Rule of LawThe conflict between formal and substantive equality
63
WHO WHOM?
76
Copyright

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TitleThe Road to Serfdom
Ark Paperback Series
AuthorFriedrich August Hayek
Editionreprint
PublisherArk Paperbacks, 1986
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedOct 1, 2007
ISBN0744800447, 9780744800449
Length184 pages
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Political Science / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism
Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy
  
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