In the last years of World War II, Friedrich Hayek wrote The Road to Serfdom. He warned the allies that policy proposals which were being canvassed for the post-war world ran the risk of destroying the very freedom for which they were fighting. On the basis of 'as in war, so in peace', economists and others were arguing that the government should plan all economic activity. Such planning, Hayek argued, would be incompatible with liberty, and had been at the very heart of the movements that had established both communism and Nazism.
On its publication in 1944, the book caused a sensation. Neither its British nor its American publisher could keep up with demand, owing to wartime paper rationing. Then, in 1945, Reader's Digest published The Road to Serfdom as the condensed book in its April edition. For the first and still the only time, the condensed book was placed at the front of the magazine instead of the back. Hayek found himself a celebrity, addressing a mass market.
The condensed edition was republished for the first time by the IEA in 1999 and has been reissued to meet the continuing demand for its enduringly relevant and accessible message.
##The first book that Casey recommended to me - very political and philosophical, but nonetheless interesting arguments.
评分##这么危险的写法完全不好评价啊
评分##Rule of Law vs. Rule of Status; Formal Law vs. Substantive Rules...
评分##果然condensed...后面的cartoon很有意思
评分##经典啊经典
评分##邂逅:AIPE2011指定阅读; 旅程:2011.7.; 地点:HKU; 所谓常识,就是用简单的语言表述出来的无可辩驳的东西。中国用了三十年一一“实践”着Hayek所言通往奴役的各个阶段;三十年后,有些东西仍在继续……
评分##和1984一起看,就能更理解西方社会为什么这么反共。
评分##The first book that Casey recommended to me - very political and philosophical, but nonetheless interesting arguments.
评分##平生第一次见到这么多定语从句……
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