The Road to Serfdom

by Friedrich A. Hayek

in Britain, the conflict between central planning and individual liberty that is Hayek’s theme became patent, particularly when the exigencies of central planning led to the so-called ‘control of engagements’ order under which the government had the power to assign people to occupations.

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“East and West Germany almost provide a controlled scientific experiment.

East Germany, not West Germany, had to build a wall to keep its citizens from leaving.

the bulk of the intellectual community almost automatically favors any expansion of government power so long as it is advertised as a way to protect individuals from big bad corporations, relieve poverty, protect the environment, or promote “equality.”