Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes." "The ...
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Nobel laureate F. A. Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes." "The achievement of The Fatal Conceit is that it freshly shows why socialism must be refuted rather than merely dismissed--then refutes it again." --David R. Henderson, Fortune "An altogether amazing feat....It fully supports the recent characterization of Hayek by the Economist that he is our time's preeminent social philosopher." --Peter F. Drucker, Insight " The Fatal Conceit is a wide-ranging work containing many profound insights about cultural evolution, morals, trade, neo-Malthusianism, and the benefits of the market order....An important and original work in the classical liberal tradition." --Lawrence J. Connin, American Political Science Review "A brilliant summary of his life's work." --Ronald Bailey, Forbes
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Friedrich A Von Hayek, one of the two best-known Austrian economists on record, has written a masterpiece that all Americans should be required to read. Hayek addresses the age-old problems that socialism breeds and promulgates. According to Hayek the true costs of government socialistic programs are carefully hidden. Because these hidden costs can be increased and added to without citizen resistence, eventually the economic infrastructure of the socialistic countries will collapse. Additionally, Hayek writes that the collectivist mentality of allowing government powers to include increasing economic control will lead to the merger of state and corporate power-thus fascism.
