Friedrich Hayek
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Friedrich Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher who lived from 1899 to 1992, and a leading member of the Austrian school.
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9 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 8 May 1899, Vienna (opens wiqqi.app)
- Died: 23 March 1992, Freiburg, Germany (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: University of Vienna: doctorates in law (1921) and political science (1923) (opens wiqqi.app)
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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23 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Voluntary agreement can guide state action only in areas where people actually agree (opens korrents.com)
“We can rely on voluntary agreement to guide the action of the state only so long as it is confined to spheres where agreement exists.”
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Democracy's price is limiting deliberate control to areas of real agreement and leaving some things to chance (opens korrents.com)
“It is the price of democracy that the possibilities of conscious control are restricted to the fields where true agreement exists, and that in some fields things must be left to chance.”
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Central planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective tool of coercion and enforcing ideals (opens korrents.com)
“Our point, however, is not that dictatorship must inevitably extirpate freedom, but rather that planning leads to dictatorship because dictatorship is the most effective instrument of coercion and the enforcement of…”
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Voluntary agreement can guide state action only in areas where people actually agree (opens korrents.com)