Economic Freedom and Representative Government

Friedrich von Hayek

Chapter 3 in Explorations in Economic Liberalism, 1996, pp 50-63 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Thirty years ago I wrote a book1 which, in a manner which many regarded as unduly alarmist, described the dangers that the then visible collectivist tendencies created for personal freedom. I am glad that these fears so far have not materialised, but I do not think this has proved me wrong. In the first instance I did not, as many misunderstood me, contend that if government interfered at all with economic affairs it was bound to go the whole way to a totalitarian system. I was trying to argue rather what in more homely terms is expressed by saying ‘if you don’t mend your principles you will go to the devil’.

Keywords: Market Economy; Economic Freedom; Narrow Sense; Legal Positivism; Party Line (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24967-1_3

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