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The Road to Serfdom

A work by Friedrich Hayek, first published in 1944

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Voluntary agreement can guide state action only in areas where people actually agree, Opposing central planning should not be confused with a dogmatic laissez-faire attitude, Democracy's price is limiting deliberate control to areas of real agreement and leaving some things to chance …

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    Friedrich Hayek

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Key facts

First published
19442
Edition korrents quotes
Routledge, 2001 edition3
Claims on korrents
231

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Voluntary agreement can guide state action only in areas where people actually agree (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Opposing central planning should not be confused with a dogmatic laissez-faire attitude (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Democracy's price is limiting deliberate control to areas of real agreement and leaving some things to chance (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The liberal case favours using competition to coordinate human efforts, not leaving things as they are (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Central planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective tool of coercion and enforcing ideals (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Observing the Rule of Law is what most clearly separates a free country from arbitrary government (opens korrents.com)1

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Sources

  1. The Road to Serfdom (Routledge, 2001 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Road to Serfdom, Q1638194 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. The Road to Serfdom (Routledge, 2001 edition) (books.google.com) (opens books.google.com)

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