what critics get wrong about the Austrian economist
- Written by Conor O'Kane, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Bournemouth University
“The most powerful critique of socialist planning and the socialist state”, is how Margaret Thatcher described Friedrich von Hayek’s book, The Road to Serfdom. Published in March 1944 during the Austrian economist’s tenure at the London School of Economics (LSE), the book has been enduringly popular among free-market...