The Constitution of Liberty, F.A. Hayek
The Constitution of Liberty, F.A. Hayek
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The Constitution of Liberty
The Definitive Edition

Author: F.A. Hayek, Ronald Hamowy

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 20 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/20/2019

Synopsis

From the $700 billion bailout of the banking industry to president Barack Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package to the highly controversial passage of federal health-care reform, conservatives and concerned citizens alike have grown increasingly fearful of big government.

The Constitution of Liberty is considered Hayek's classic statement on the ideals of freedom and liberty, ideals that he believes have guided—and must continue to guide—the growth of Western civilization. Here Hayek defends the principles of a free society, casting a skeptical eye on the growth of the welfare state and examining the challenges to freedom posed by an ever-expanding government—as well as its corrosive effect on the creation, preservation, and utilization of knowledge. In opposition to those who call for the state to play a greater role in society, Hayek puts forward a nuanced argument for prudence. Guided by this quality, he elegantly demonstrates that a free market system in a democratic polity—under the rule of law and with strong constitutional protections of individual rights—represents the best chance for the continuing existence of liberty.

About F.A. Hayek

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick

2020-06-26 - I read this book my senior year in college as part of an independent study class I designed for and was guided by the Government Dept. chairman, Robert Wells at St. Lawrence University. It is a fantastic book!!! I read most of it again about 12-15 years ago in a fun group called "a prio......more

Goodreads review by Howard

THE CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY By Friedrich A. Hayek This is Hayek's magnum opus, a long (but not too long) book that combines his previous studies in economics and political theory to explore the nature of freedom and liberty to answer the eternal question, "What system will deliver the most freedom to......more

Goodreads review by Otto

Hayek's book is one of the crowning achievements in the "socialism-capitalism" debate of the last 100 years. It is a deserved classic of liberalism, an argument for a market-oriented society with all its faults. It provides a classical liberal defence, mostly on utilitarian grounds, for a limited gov......more

Goodreads review by robin

An Exposition Of A Theory Of Liberty Hayek's "The Constitution of Liberty" is a comprehensive work of political philosophy. It sets forth, defends, and applies an important view of the nature of human liberty, government, and economics that is worth considering, at the least, and that has much to com......more

Goodreads review by Anima

‘Bruce Caldwell, in his excellent study of Hayek's social and economic thought, has suggested that The Constitution of Liberty most likely constituted a part of Hayek's broader project to respond to the increasingly fashionable view that the application of the methodology of the natural sciences to......more

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