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The Road to Serfdom
mises.org ^ | 1944 | Friedrich A. Hayek

Posted on 12/31/2004 4:11:10 PM PST by Tlaloc



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1 posted on 12/31/2004 4:11:10 PM PST by Tlaloc
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To: Tlaloc

That was really really good.


2 posted on 12/31/2004 4:16:13 PM PST by bubman
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To: Tlaloc

Ok, cool, and your comments are...?


3 posted on 12/31/2004 4:20:01 PM PST by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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To: Tlaloc

Sounds like Montreal or Paris.


4 posted on 12/31/2004 4:22:47 PM PST by wvobiwan (Touchdown! Suckers walk...)
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To: Tlaloc; snopercod; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Carry_Okie; Dog Gone; Dog

Excellent!


5 posted on 12/31/2004 4:29:43 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Tlaloc

Wow...
Thanks....


6 posted on 12/31/2004 4:32:46 PM PST by Dashing Dasher (Because I fly, I envy no (wo)man on earth. - Anon)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Bookmarked!!! A real classic!!!


7 posted on 12/31/2004 7:00:37 PM PST by SierraWasp (Moderates, are just too chicken to commit to any ideal!!! They prefer sophist sophistication...)
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To: Tlaloc
Is this the DNC propaganda sheet for '08?


8 posted on 12/31/2004 7:03:27 PM PST by Viking2002 (Taglines? Vikings don't need no steenkin' taglines..............)
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To: Tlaloc; Ernest_at_the_Beach
Great book. I hadn't realized that someone had made a cartoon series out of it.

Come to find out, you can also buy The Road to Serfdom: The Condensed Version As It Appeared in the April 1945 Edition of Reader's Digest at amazon.com

9 posted on 01/01/2005 2:49:57 AM PST by snopercod ("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk." - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
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To: Tlaloc
In its time, it was a great piece. Today, in modern western countries, with the situation much more complex, its no longer a meaningfully accurate. Simple rules of old no longer hold true. For example, allowing opposition, provides not only a pressure release valve, but also needed flexibility.

Today, influence is much more profitable than raw power. No intelligent person now a days, wants that kind of power. And more importantly, no one of influence wants to give it.

10 posted on 01/02/2005 12:48:28 AM PST by jackbob
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To: Tlaloc

Dated but fun.


11 posted on 01/05/2005 9:21:28 AM PST by eleni121 (4 more years and then 4 more again)
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To: snopercod
The Institute of Economic Affairs
2 Lord North Street,
Westminster, London SW1P 3LB
Tel: 020 7799 8900
Fax: 020 7799 2137
Email: iea@iea.org.uk
Internet: iea.org.uk

Readers' Digest Condensed Version of the Road to Serfdom
(in PDF format)



The authors 9
Foreword by Edwin J. Feulner Jr 11
Introduction: Hayek, Fisher and The Road to Serfdom by John Blundell 14

Preface to the Reader’s Digest condensed version of The Road to Serfdom 26

Summary 27
The Road to Serfdom (condensed version) 31
Planning and power 32
Background to danger 34
The liberal way of planning 37
The great utopia 39
Why the worst get on top 43
Planning vs. the Rule of Law 49
Is planning ‘inevitable’? 51
Can planning free us from care? 53
Two kinds of security 58
Towards a better world 62
The Road to Serfdom in cartoons 63
About the IEA 82 CONTENTS

12 posted on 05/01/2005 7:54:45 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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