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Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and British economist

1899–1992

5 quotes, most often on Economics and 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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