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Oprah Summer 2010
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek THE ROAD TO SERFDOM
by Friedrich A. Hayek
read by William Hughes
Economics • Unabridged
Format EAN/ISBN Avail. Price Sale Qty.
8 CDs 9781441753861 YES $32.95 NA
1 MP3CD 9781441753878 YES $29.95 NA
1 Playaway 9781441753908 10/01/10 $64.99 NA
7 Tapes* 9781441753830 YES $79.95 $39.98
* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.
Book ID(5860) - 9.3 hrs (est.), Published - 07/01/10
DESCRIPTION

Featured on the Glenn Beck Program

This classic by one of the 20th century’s leading libertarian thinkers has established itself beside the works of Orwell and others as a timeless meditation on the relationship between human freedom and government authority.

Originally published in 1944, The Road to Serfdom has profoundly influenced many of the world’s great leaders: from Orwell and Churchill in the mid-forties, to Reagan and Thatcher in the 80’s. The book offers persuasive warnings against the dangers of central planning, along with what Orwell described as “an eloquent defense of laissez faire capitalism.” Hayek shows that the idea that “under a dictatorial government you can be free inside,” is nothing less than a grievous fallacy. Such dictatorial governments prevent individual freedoms and they often use psychological measures to perform “an alteration of the character of the people.” Gradually, the people yield their individuality to the point where they become part of the collectivist mass.



REVIEWS

“This book was like a Mike Tyson (in his prime) right hook to socialism in Western Europe and in the United States. But its influence didn't stop there. It has inspired political and economic leaders for decades since — most famously Ronald Reagan. Reagan often praised Hayek when he talked about people waking up to the dangers of big government.”—Glenn Beck, Fox News

“Shatters the myth that the totalitarianisms ‘of the Left’ and ‘of the Right’ stem from differing impulses.”—Mark Helprin, National Review, 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century

“This book has become a true classic: essential reading for everyone who is seriously interested in politics in the broadest and least partisan sense.”—Milton Friedman

“This book should be read by everybody. It is no use saying that there are a great many people who are not interested in politics; the political issue discussed by Dr. Hayek concerns every single member of the community.”—Listener




F. A. HAYEK (1899–1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and cowinner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century.




* packaged in a sturdy vinyl case.

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