F.A. Hayek presents a fundamental examination and critique of the central issues of socialism. His analysis begins with David Hume's insight that 'the rules of morality ... are not conclusions of our reason.' 'Was Socialism a mistake?' he asks, and drawing upon research in evolutionary epistemology, moral tradition, and other current ethical thinking, he probes for answers. He argues that socialism, from its origins, has been mistaken on scientific and factual, even on logical grounds - and that its repeated failures were ...
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F.A. Hayek presents a fundamental examination and critique of the central issues of socialism. His analysis begins with David Hume's insight that 'the rules of morality ... are not conclusions of our reason.' 'Was Socialism a mistake?' he asks, and drawing upon research in evolutionary epistemology, moral tradition, and other current ethical thinking, he probes for answers. He argues that socialism, from its origins, has been mistaken on scientific and factual, even on logical grounds - and that its repeated failures were the direct outcome of these scientific errors. Highly readable and controversial, a work of considerable scholarship and energy, The Fatal Conceit will greatly advance our contemporary understanding of the economic and political issues confronting the world, especially important as debates between socialism and capitalism grow.
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Friedrich A Von Hayek, one of the two best-known Austrian economists on record, has written a masterpiece that all Americans should be required to read. Hayek addresses the age-old problems that socialism breeds and promulgates. According to Hayek the true costs of government socialistic programs are carefully hidden. Because these hidden costs can be increased and added to without citizen resistence, eventually the economic infrastructure of the socialistic countries will collapse. Additionally, Hayek writes that the collectivist mentality of allowing government powers to include increasing economic control will lead to the merger of state and corporate power-thus fascism.
