The Road to Serfdom

Addressing economics, fascism, history, socialism and the Holocaust, Hayek unwraps the trappings of socialist ideology. The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought.

List of contents

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

About the author

Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) was born in Austria. An eminent economist and political philosopher, he won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974.

Product details

• Authors: F. A. Hayek, F.A. Hayek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2001
• EAN: 9780415255431
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25543-1
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 201 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 382 g
• Series: Routledge Classics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies