Much controversy exists over whether F. A. Hayek posited an inevitability thesis – interventionist policy would supposedly mutate into full-blown command planning – in The Road to Serfdom. This paper argues that much of the confusion over Hayek’s alleged inevitability thesis is generated...

Commenting on the Pinochet regime, Friedrich Hayek famously claimed in 1981 that he would prefer a 'liberal' dictator to 'democratic government lacking liberalism.' Hayek's defense of a transitional dictatorship in Chile was not an impromptu response. In late 1960, in a little known BBC radio...

As anger at President Barack Obama's social policies grows in some quarters, scholars and talk show hosts alike have said Friedrich von Hayek's 1944 best-seller iThe Road to Serfdom/i warrants another look. But does it? Hayek maintained that even the U. S. social welfare net would lead to...

As FOXNews talk show host Glenn Beck and others champion Friedrich von Hayek's The Road to Serfdom, its sales have soared. Hayek warned that even a moderate social safety net would lead to a totalitarian government. It did not happen. But this does not deter his avid supporters. The authors...

Some supporters claim that Friedrich Hayek was more accepting of some aspects of the welfare state than is generally believed. Is that a way to sugarcoat his central laissez-faire message? The authors say there is no disguising his belief that the contemporary welfare state will lead to serfdom.