Essay - Hayek - The Back Story - NYTimes.com
"As it happens, “The Road to Serfdom” — a classic attack on government planning as an inevitable step toward totalitarianism, published in 1944 and kept in print since then by the University of Chicago Press — had already begun a comeback of sorts. It sold 27,000 copies in 2009, up from about 7,000 a year before the inauguration of Barack Obama. But Beck’s endorsement catapulted the book to No. 1 at Amazon.com, bringing a temporary end to at least one tyranny, that of Stieg Larsson. Since the program was broadcast on June 8, 100,000 copies have been sold. "
It is nice to see a Hayek resurgence. But Hayek is a better and more profound writer than most who write about him. So if you are unfamiliar with Hayek's works, you are better off skipping the commentary pro and con and going directly to his "The Road to Serfdom," or even better "The Constitution of Liberty."
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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