The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek) - Softcover

Hayek, F.A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415041872 ISBN 13: 9780415041874

Publisher: Routledge, 1990

Synopsis

Socialism

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Synopsis

F.A. Hayek presents a fundamental examination and critique of the central issues of socialism. His analysis begins with David Hume's insight that 'the rules of morality ...are not conclusions of our reason.' 'Was Socialism a mistake?' he asks, and drawing upon research in evolutionary epistemology, moral tradition, and other current ethical thinking, he probes for answers. He argues that socialism, from its origins, has been mistaken on scientific and factual, even on logical grounds - and that its repeated failures were the direct outcome of these scientific errors. Highly readable and controversial, a work of considerable scholarship and energy, The Fatal Conceit will greatly advance our contemporary understanding of the economic and political issues confronting the world, especially important as debates between socialism and capitalism grow.

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Adopting an economic and evolutionary approach throughout, Hayak examines the nature, origin, selection and development of the differing moralities of socialism and the market order; he recounts the extraordinary powers that 'the extended order' of the market, as he calls it, bestows on mankind, constituting and enabling the development of civilization.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0415041872
• ISBN 13: 9780415041874
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192