The Road to Serfdom
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The Road to Serfdom is a seminal 1944 political and economic treatise by Friedrich Hayek warning that central planning and government control over the economy can lead to tyranny and the erosion of individual freedom.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political philosophy book ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
free market economy
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individual liberty ⓘ rule of law ⓘ |
| author |
Friedrich Hayek
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surface form:
F. A. Hayek
Friedrich Hayek ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
extensive central planning leads to loss of political and economic freedom
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government control of the economy tends to produce tyranny ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
classical liberalism
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economics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1944 first edition
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50th anniversary edition ⓘ Condensed Reader’s Digest edition ⓘ |
| hasForewordBy |
Milton Friedman
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surface form:
Milton Friedman (in some later editions)
|
| hasIllustrationsBy | John Heartfield (in some editions) ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
responds to rise of fascism and socialism in Europe
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written during World War II ⓘ |
| influenced |
conservative political movements
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libertarianism ⓘ neoliberalism ⓘ post-war liberal thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Austrian School of economics
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anti-totalitarian thought ⓘ classical liberalism ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | HB195 .H3 ⓘ |
| notableChapter |
The End of Truth
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The Great Utopia ⓘ The Road to Serfdom self-link ⓘ Why the Worst Get on Top ⓘ |
| notableReception |
controversial among socialists and social democrats
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highly influential in post-war Anglo-American political debate ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| positionOnCompetition | defends competition as a discovery procedure ⓘ |
| positionOnDemocracy | argues that economic planning undermines political democracy ⓘ |
| positionOnSocialism | argues that socialism tends toward totalitarianism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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surface form:
Routledge
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| relatedWork |
Law, Legislation and Liberty
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The Constitution of Liberty ⓘ |
| subject |
Nazism
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central planning ⓘ classical liberalism ⓘ collectivism ⓘ economic planning ⓘ fascism ⓘ individual liberty ⓘ liberalism ⓘ limited government ⓘ market economy ⓘ planned economy ⓘ rule of law ⓘ socialism ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
World War II
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surface form:
World War II era
interwar period ⓘ |
| warnsAgainst |
central planning
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socialist economic planning ⓘ totalitarian government ⓘ |
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