The fatal conceit: the errors of socialism. Edited by W.W. Bartley III

Hayek, Friedrich A. von, 1899-1992

Published by Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989

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very good dust-jacket, attractive copy, very good red cloth and appears little used if at all, appears to be out of print in hardcover from Chicago. HAYEK, FRIEDRICH A. VON. The fatal conceit: the errors of socialism. Edited by W.W. Bartley III. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989, University of Chicago Press edition, xiii, 180pp., . Series: The Collected works of F.A. Hayek, 1 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." - CONTENTS: Introduction. Was socialism a mistake? -- 1. Between instinct and reason -- 2. The origins of liberty, property and justice -- 3. The evolution of the market: trade and civilisation -- 4. The revolt of instinct and reason -- 5. The fatal conceit -- 6. The mysterious world of trade and money -- 7. Our poisoned language -- 8. The extended order and population growth -- 9. Religion and the guardians of tradition. 9780226320687 ISBN 0226320685. Seller Inventory # 99399

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Title: The fatal conceit: the errors of socialism. ...

Publisher: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989

Binding: Hardcover

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