Friedrich Hayek

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Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences economist human political philosopher social theorist

Friedrich Hayek was an Austrian-British economist and political philosopher known for his defense of classical liberalism, free-market capitalism, and critiques of central economic planning.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences → economist → human → political philosopher → social theorist →
academicAdvisor	Friedrich von Wieser →
awardReceived	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
citizenship	Austria → United Kingdom →
coFounded	Mont Pelerin Society →
countryOfBirth	Austria-Hungary →
countryOfDeath	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1899-05-08 →
dateOfDeath	1992-03-23 →
economicSchool	Austrian School →
educatedAt	University of Vienna →
familyName	Hayek →
fieldOfWork	economics → epistemology → legal theory → political philosophy → social philosophy →
fullName	Friedrich August von Hayek →
givenName	Friedrich →
honorificParticle	von →
influenced	James M. Buchanan → Margaret Thatcher → Milton Friedman → Robert Nozick → Ronald Reagan →
influencedBy	Adam Smith → Carl Menger → David Hume → Friedrich von Wieser → Ludwig von Mises →
knownFor	business cycle theory → critique of central economic planning → defense of free-market capitalism → knowledge problem in economics → theory of spontaneous order →
language	English → German →
movement	Austrian School of economics → classical liberalism → libertarianism →
NobelPrizeSharedWith	Gunnar Myrdal →
NobelPrizeYear	1974 →
notableWork	Law, Legislation and Liberty → Prices and Production → The Constitution of Liberty → The Road to Serfdom → The Use of Knowledge in Society →
opposed	central economic planning → socialism →
placeOfBirth	Vienna →
placeOfDeath	Freiburg im Breisgau →
positionHeld	president of the Mont Pelerin Society → professor at London School of Economics → professor at University of Chicago → professor at University of Freiburg →
supported	individual liberty → limited government → rule of law →
theory	Austrian theory of the business cycle → knowledge problem of central planning → theory of spontaneous order in markets →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adam Ferguson → Adam Smith → Carl Menger → Edmund Burke → Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk → Friedrich von Wieser → Herbert Spencer → John Stuart Mill → John Stuart Mill → Ludwig von Mises → Ludwig von Mises → Michael Polanyi → On Liberty → Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis → The Theory of Money and Credit ("Friedrich August von Hayek") →	influenced
Law, Legislation and Liberty → Law, Legislation and Liberty ("Friedrich A. Hayek") → Prices and Production → Prices and Production ("F. A. Hayek") → The Constitution of Liberty → The Road to Serfdom → The Road to Serfdom ("F. A. Hayek") → The Use of Knowledge in Society → The Use of Knowledge in Society ("Friedrich A. Hayek") →	author
Austrian School of economics ("Friedrich August von Hayek") → Israel Kirzner → Margaret Thatcher → Murray Rothbard → Robert Nozick →	influencedBy
Vienna Central Cemetery ("Friedrich von Hayek") →	burialPlaceOf
Friedrich Hayek ("Hayek") →	familyName
Mont Pelerin Society →	foundedBy
Friedrich Hayek ("Friedrich August von Hayek") →	fullName
Mont Pelerin Society →	hasMember
Friedrich →	hasNotableBearer
Friedrich von Wieser →	hasStudent
Austrian School of economics ("Friedrich A. von Hayek Gesellschaft") →	institutionalSupport
University of Vienna →	notableAlumni
Austrian School of economics ("Friedrich August von Hayek") →	notableFigure