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Economic Freedom and Representative Government

In: Explorations in Economic Liberalism

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Thirty years ago I wrote a book1 which, in a manner which many regarded as unduly alarmist, described the dangers that the then visible collectivist tendencies created for personal freedom. I am glad that these fears so far have not materialised, but I do not think this has proved me wrong. In the first instance I did not, as many misunderstood me, contend that if government interfered at all with economic affairs it was bound to go the whole way to a totalitarian system. I was trying to argue rather what in more homely terms is expressed by saying ‘if you don’t mend your principles you will go to the devil’.

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  • F. A. Hayek, 1996. "Economic Freedom and Representative Government," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Geoffrey E. Wood (ed.), Explorations in Economic Liberalism, chapter 3, pages 50-63, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-24967-1_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24967-1_3
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