Fatal Conceit The Errors of Socialism

Name: Fatal Conceit The Errors of Socialism
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ISBN: 9780226320663

ISBN-10: 0226320669

ISBN-13: 9780226320663

Edition: 1991 (Reprint)

Authors: F. A. Hayek, W. W. Bartley

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Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes." "The achievement of The Fatal Conceit is that it freshly shows why socialism must be refuted rather than merely dismissed--then refutes it again."--David R. Henderson, Fortune. "Fascinating. .…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/28/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 194
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Editorial


Foreword


Preface


Introduction: Was Socialism a Mistake?



Between Instinct and Reason



The Origins of Liberty, Property and Justice



The Evolution of the Market: Trade and Civilisation



The Revolt of Instinct and Reason



The Fatal Conceit



The Mysterious World of Trade and Money



Our Poisoned Language



The Extended Order and Population Growth



Religion and the Guardians of Tradition


Appendices Editor's


Acknowledgements


Bibliography


Name Index


Subject Index