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Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and British economist

1899–1992

5 quotes, most often on Economics and Freedom.

Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom.
The Constitution of Liberty (1960), p. 83.
- Freedom
A society that does not recognize that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.
The Constitution of Liberty (1960), p. 79.
- Freedom
The more the state “plans” the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.
The Road to Serfdom (1944), Chapter 6: Planning and the Rule of Law
- Economics
- Government
I must confess that if I had been consulted whether to establish a Nobel Prize in economics, I should have decidedly advised against it.
Nobel Banquet Speech (1974)
- Economics
The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.
The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (1988), Ch. 5: The Fatal Conceit.
- Economics
- Knowledge

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