“With the exception only of the 200 year period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money in order to defraud and plunder the people.”
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Friedrich Hayek
Friedrich August von Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history. Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena. His account of how prices…
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culture · Austrian economist and philosopher (1899–1992) · economist · philosopher · historian · political scientist · university teacher · also Friedrich Hayek, Hayek, Friedrich A. Von Hayek, F. A. von Hayek, Friedrich A. von Hayek, Friedrich August von Hayek
Born 8 May 1899 · Died 23 March 1992 · Q1325
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2026· 19 entries
“government is in a situation of rupture, and there are no recognized rules, rules have to be created.”
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“are still among the most learned and perceptive.”
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“tactic. If you say the sky is blue, that makes you an Austrian because Hayek defended the sky-is-blue thesis back in the 30s. Hayek talked a bit about mistaken beliefs; therefore anyone who ventures within a thousand intellectual miles of this topic is a “Hayekian.”
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“promise of greater freedom is genuine and sincere, in recent years observer after observer has been impressed by the unforeseen consequences of socialism, the extraordinary similarity in many respects of the conditions under”
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“complete freedom to deal in any money one likes [to] be regarded as the essential mark of a free country.”
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“amazed by her. That ease and skill, as if she”
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“May one who has devoted a large part of his life to the study of the history and the principles of liberalism point out that a party that keeps a socialist government in power has lost all title to the name”
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“that free choice is to be exercised more in the market place than in the ballot box, she has merely uttered the truism that the first is indispensable for individual freedom while the second is not: free choice can at least exist under a dictatorship that can limit itself but not under the government of an unlimited democracy which cannot”
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“The decisive influence was really World War I. It”
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Yahoo News UK: Salma Hayek Becomes a Grandma at 59 and Reveals the Sweet Nickname She Gave Her Grandson
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Yahoo: Salma Hayek Is a First-Time Grandma—and the Baby’s Name Honors His Family Lineage
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth: Salma Hayek becomes a grandma and she's already given the baby a Mexican nickname - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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The Times of India: Salma Hayek reveals she is a grandmother: Posts photos with grandson and says, 'I cannot love him more'
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Public attention spiked: 4,792 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.1× the usual 786, with 0 article edits.
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2011· 1 entry
His article "The Use of Knowledge in Society" was selected as one of the top 20 articles published in the American Economic Review during its first 100 years
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2010· 1 entry
That "Hayek's book [The Constitution of Liberty] is still probably the most comprehensive statement of the underlying ideas of the moderate free market philosophy espoused by neoliberals"
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2007· 1 entry
“Hayek & market fundamentalism”
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1999· 2 entries
“The Unfinished Business of the Century”
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“Political Philosophers of the Twentieth Century”
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1998· 1 entry
“The Commanding Heights : The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace that Is Remaking the Modern World”
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1995· 1 entry
“Simple Rules for a Complex World”
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1992· 8 entries
Died 1992-03-23.
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“Perhaps I'm unrealistic. As long as people do not fully realize the danger of inflation, they may well pressure for more inflation as a short-term remedy for evils. Though we may well be driven into more, until people have learned the lesson, but that means that inflation may still do more of a great deal of harm, before it will be cured.”
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Hayek died on 23 March 1992, aged 92, in Freiburg, Germany, where he had lived since leaving Chicago in 1961.
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“The Intransigent Right: Michael Oakeshott, Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich von Hayek”
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“Constitutional Theatre: Ferdinand Mount”
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“W wolnym społeczeństwie nie jesteśmy wynagradzani za nasze umiejętności, lecz za właściwe ich wykorzystanie.”
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“Fizyk, który jest tylko fizykiem, może być pierwszej klasy fizykiem i najbardziej wartościowym członkiem społeczeństwa. Ale wybitnym ekonomistą nie może być ktoś, kto jest tylko ekonomistą. Ekonomista, który jest tylko ekonomistą, jest nie tylko skończonym nudziarzem, lecz jest wręcz niebezpieczny.”
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“Gdyby spytano mnie, czy ustanawiać Nagrodę Nobla w dziedzinie ekonomii, byłbym zdecydowanie przeciwny.”
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1991· 1 entry
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George H. W. Bush (1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Although its actual authorship is unclear
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1984· 3 entries
Awarded Companion of Honour (1984).
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Awarded Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize (1984).
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For his academic contributions to economics
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1983· 1 entry
“The Rediscovery of Freedom: Personal Recollections”
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1982· 1 entry
Said that "ever since his Logik der Forschung first came out in 1934, I have been a complete adherent to his general theory of methodology"
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1981· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (1981).
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“The Sciences of the Artificial”
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Was an acknowledged follower of Hayek
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“Structure and Change in Economic History”
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1980· 1 entry
Hayek was one of twelve Nobel laureates to meet with Pope John Paul II "to dialogue, discuss views in their fields, communicate regarding the relationship between Catholicism and science, and 'bring to the Pontiff's atte
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1978· 4 entries
In a 1978 interview to explain his actions, Hayek stated that he was unhappy in his first marriage and as his wife would not grant him a divorce he had taken steps to obtain one unilaterally.
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Hayek made a month-long visit to South Africa (his third) where he gave numerous lectures, interviews, and met prominent politicians and business leaders, unconcerned about possible propagandistic effect of his tour for
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By praising Thatcher's anti-immigration policy proposal in an article which ignited numerous accusations of antisemitism and racism because of his reflections on the inability of assimilation of Eastern European Jews in
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Hayek came into conflict with Liberal Party leader David Steel, who argued that liberty was possible only with "social justice and an equitable distribution of wealth and power, which in turn require a degree of active g
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1977· 2 entries
Wrote: "I made a mistake in moving to Salzburg"
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Hayek was critical of the Lib–Lab pact in which the British Liberal Party agreed to keep the British Labour government in office
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1974· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.
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Awarded Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1974).
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Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel presented by Nobel Committee (1974).
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Shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with Myrdal, the latter complained about being paired with an "ideologue"
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1973· 1 entry
Hayek reiterated in Law, Legislation and Liberty: There is no reason why in a free society government should not assure to all, protection against severe deprivation in the form of an assured minimum income, or a floor b
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1968· 2 entries
I was glad at the political liberalism of the Dubcek Prague Spring, but was very critical of the Third Way they pursued in economics
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Was a professor at the University of Freiburg, West Germany, where he began work on his next book, Law, Legislation and Liberty
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1964· 1 entry
“The Theory of Complex Phenomena”
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1960· 1 entry
“). Yet no coherent picture of Hayek's political commitments ever emerges, still less their relation to such important works as “The Constitution of Liberty”
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1954).
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1952· 1 entry
And in some of Hayek's later essays in the philosophy of science such as "Degrees of Explanation" (1955) and "The Theory of Complex Phenomena" (1964)
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1950· 1 entry
Hayek left the London School of Economics
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1947· 4 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1947).
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Career landmark: president (1947–1961).
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And by discussions with Hayek after he joined the university faculty in 1950
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Hayek was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society
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1946· 1 entry
Wrote:Now to your question: 'Do those almost with us do more harm than 100% enemies
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1945· 1 entry
“The Use of Knowledge in Society”
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1944· 3 entries
Was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy after he was nominated for membership by Keynes
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Popper stated: "I think I have learnt more from you than from any other living thinker, except perhaps Alfred Tarski"
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Hayek wrote in The Road to Serfdom: There is no reason why in a society which has reached the general level of wealth which ours has attained that security against severe physical privation, the certainty of a given mini
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1938· 1 entry
Hayek remained in Britain
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1937· 1 entry
Hayek gave a summer course at the Geneva Graduate Institute, then a stronghold of neoliberal thought that was home to Ludwig von Mises
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1935· 1 entry
Hayek published Collectivist Economic Planning, a collection of essays from an earlier debate that had been initiated by Mises
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1932· 1 entry
Hayek suggested that private investment in the public markets was a better road to wealth and economic co-ordination in Britain than government spending programs as argued in an exchange of letters with John Maynard Keyn
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1931· 3 entries
Hayek's Prices and Production had enjoyed an ultra-short Byronic success
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Hayek crititicised John Maynard Keynes's Treatise on Money (1930) in his "Reflections on the pure theory of Mr
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“s inflationary credit expansion and its transmission over time, leading to a capital misallocation caused by the artificially low interest rates. Hayek argued that”
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1929· 3 entries
“at present there is no reason to expect a sudden crash of the New York stock exchange. ... The credit possibilities/conditions are, at any rate, currently very great, and therefore it appears assured that an outright crisis-like destruction of the present high [price] level should not be feared.”
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An English translation of which appeared in 1933 as Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle
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Lionel Robbins assumed the helm of the London School of Economics (LSE)
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1928· 1 entry
“Intertemporal Price Equilibrium and Movement in the Value of Money”
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1925· 1 entry
To return Britain to the gold standard at the old pre-war and pre-inflationary par was the public policy backdrop for Hayek's dissenting engagement with Keynes over British monetary and fiscal policy
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1923· 1 entry
Studied at University of Vienna (1918–1923).
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1921· 2 entries
“s philosophy and methods of analysis had a profound influence on his own life and thought. In his later years, Hayek recalled a discussion of philosophy with Wittgenstein when both were officers during World War I. After Wittgenstein”
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And political studies in 1923 from the University of Vienna
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1917· 1 entry
Hayek joined an artillery regiment in the Austro-Hungarian Army and fought on the Italian front
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-05-08.
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1871· 1 entry
Also in Vienna, was a medical doctor employed by the municipal health ministry
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