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Spring 2017
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 32, Number 1

Hayek on The Road to Serfdom

William Poole, Cato Institute - University of Delaware
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/index.php?action=ajax&rs=GDMgetPage&rsargs[]=2017 Journal of Private Enterprise vol 32 no 1 Spring parte2.pdf&rsargs[]=0
HayekonTheRoadtoSerfdomTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise32(1),2017,1128WilliamPooleCatoInstituteUniversityofDelaware______________________________________________________AbstractTheRoadtoSerfdomslessonsareasfreshandimportanttodayastheywerein1944.IdiscussHayeksviewsaboutTheRoadtoSerfdomandexplorethebooksrelevancetocurrentconditionsinhigh-incomeanddevelopingnations.PoliticianscouldsparetheirnationsmuchturmoilandwasteiftheywouldconcentrateonHayeksprinciplesforgovernmentaction.ThosewhofailtounderstandthecontinuingrelevanceofHayeksideasdosoattheperilofallofus.______________________________________________________JELCodes:B2,B3,B25Keywords:Hayek,TheRoadtoSerfdom,politicaleconomyofsocialism,developingnations,centralplanningI.IntroductionTheRoadtoSerfdomisashockingbook.Itwasshockingwhenitwaspublishedin1944anditisstillshockingtodaybecauseitissowidelyignoredbyopinionleadersandespeciallybyeconomistsspecializinginpublicpolicy.Yetitslessonsareasfreshandimportanttodayastheywerein1944.In2013,Idecidedtorereadthebook,manyyearsafterIfirststudiedit.Ihadbarelystartedwhenaninvitationtothe2014EconomicFreedomInstituteConferenceatManhattanvilleCollegearrived.Inthispaper,IlloftenrefertoTheRoadtoSerfdom:TextandDocumentsTheDefinitiveEdition,editedbyBruceCaldwell(2007).Caldwellhasdoneamasterfuljobofaddingnotesthatprovidedeeperinsightintothebook.Hiseditionalsocontainstheprefacetotheoriginaledition,theforewordtothe1956Americanpaperbackedition,andtheprefacetothe1976edition.IhavealsoreliedonHayekonHayek:AnAutobiographicalDialogue,editedbyStephenKresgeandLeifWenar(1994).WhenfootnotingHayekswords,myreferenceswillbetoCaldwellseditiontomaintaintheaccuracyofthepagereferences.
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