Today marks the 118th anniversary of the birth of the great Nobel economist Friedrich Hayek (pictured above), who was born on May 8, 1899 (and died on March 23, 1992. For a very detailed and extensive ...

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek is a frequently misunderstood book. And as a foundational text of classical liberal thought in the 20th century, it must be properly and deeply considered. This, ...

Ladies and gentleman, I present Friedrich August von Hayek, the author of 25 books and 130 articles, the Noble Laureate in Economics and the most prodigious classical liberal scholar of the 20th ...

With populism on the rise, capitalism under attack, and socialism back in vogue, the work of Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992) is more relevant than ever. Hayek started his career as a ...

Jacob Soll has written “Free Market: The History of an Idea” not to praise the free market but to bury it. The laissez-faire economists Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman were, for Mr. Soll, peddlers ...

Today marks the birthday of the great economist Friedrich Hayek. Born on this date in 1899 in Vienna, Hayek devoted his life to economic education. Perhaps his best known work is “The Road to Serfdom, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the economic and financial world outside the USA, for the USA. Mar 08, 2025, 09:12am EST Mar 10, 2025, 03:12pm EDT Nobel ...

Today marks the birthday of the great economist Friedrich Hayek. Born on this date in 1899 in Vienna, Hayek devoted his life to economic education. Perhaps his best known work is “The Road to Serfdom, ...