The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek
The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek
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The Road to Serfdom

Author: Friedrich Hayek

Narrator: Graham Dunlop

Unabridged: 8 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2024


Synopsis

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 economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on December 08, 2021

Completely of relevance still today, as one observes differing approaches of governments to handling the coronavirus pandemic, the way in which the Chinese Communist People runs China, as well as more personal topics about how one thinks about being stuck in a job that one does not like.......more

Goodreads review by Guy on December 26, 2023

Happened to find a condensed version in a book sale. It was a sloppily edited version. A bit of a rambling. It was good enough to get a sense of Hayek’s positions and his background, which clearly influenced him. For me, there are elements of sound advice here, but I’m not of an extreme capitalistic......more

Goodreads review by Huy on June 07, 2024

English It's short, but it seems to have stated what needed to be mentioned. Hayek himself also acknowledged that this shortened version did well. Personally, I find it a bit difficult to read, maybe I'm not smart enough:). I will definitely read the full version. Vietnamese Ngắn thôi nhưng có vẻ đã nê......more

Goodreads review by Mehmetcan on September 16, 2024

It might be an interesting book for any one who is conceptually new to the discussion on free market vs. planned economics. Yet for some one with sufficient background, digest version is week on supporting the arguments it presented essentially degrading the book to an ideological handbook. If you p......more

Goodreads review by Ben on March 03, 2023

We need this more than ever......more