Quotes by Friedrich August von Hayek

1899 – 1992

Hayek was one of the most important free market economists of the 20th century. He was a member of the Austrian school of economics, taught at the London School of Economics, wrote extensively on banking and monetary theory, the socialist calculation debate, and the theory of spontaneous orders.

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Economics

Hayek on Spontaneous Order and the Division of Labor

Friedrich August von Hayek
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