1st Edition

The Road to Serfdom Text and Documents: The Definitive Edition

Edited By Bruce Caldwell, F. A. Hayek Copyright 2008
295 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

295 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Abandoned Road; Chapter 2 The Great Utopia; Chapter 3 Individualism and Collectivism; Chapter 4 The “Inevitability” of Planning; Chapter 5 Planning and Democracy; Chapter 6 Planning and the Rule of Law; Chapter 7 Economic Control and Totalitarianism; Chapter 8 Who, Whom?; Chapter 9 Security and Freedom; Chapter 10 Why the Worst Get on Top; Chapter 11 The End of Truth; Chapter 12 The Socialist Roots of Naziism; Chapter 13 The Totalitarians in Our Midst; Chapter 14 Material Conditions and Ideal Ends; Chapter 15 The Prospects of International Order; Chapter 16 Conclusion;

Biography

Bruce Caldwell