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The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism

Friedrich Hayek

Economics & FinancePhilosophyPolitics & Society
Featured in: Austrian Economics reading guide
Publish date
2011-07-15
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
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A critique of socialism by the Nobel Prize–winning economist: "The energy and precision with which Mr. Hayek sweeps away his opposition is impressive." — The Wall Street Journal In this work, F.A. Hayek—a pioneer in monetary theory and proponent of libertarian philosophy—gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from…
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