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philosopher Cause economist The Road to Serfdom

We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

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Facts

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

History

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

Equality

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

Causes World

It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

Conformity Present May

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

- Friedrich August von Hayek

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