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The Fatal Conceit

The Errors of Socialism

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The Fatal Conceit

By: F. A. Hayek
Narrated by: Everett Sherman
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Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on factual, and even on logical, grounds and that its repeated failures in the many different practical applications of socialist ideas that this century has witnessed were the direct outcome of these errors. He labels as the "fatal conceit" the idea that "man is able to shape the world around him according to his wishes."

©1988 F.A. Hayak (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Economics Politics & Government Theory

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really enjoyed this book. wouldn't mind listening to some of hayek's other works as well.

thoroughly recommend for anyone interested in criticism of socialism.

excellent

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Wonderful clarity of thought and fascinating insights into why man should not think himself "able to shape the world around him according to his wishes."

Should be compulsory reading

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I have been reading both socialist and liberalist scholars as a part of my PhD. This book is written in a very lucid and enjoyable style. The narration is also perfect. I can easily argue that this book is the best book to understand Hayekian views as it also summarises many of his earlier texts. Hayek is a real genius. Whether you agree him or not, he has powerful arguments which deserve every bit of intellectual efforts. Hayek mainly advocates for letting people connect together freely in a spontaneous order within traditions to create something magnificent, which cannot be matched by any rational and coercive design dictated by pretence reason. This is not a simple refutation of socialism as the argument has many other merits.

A very lucid account of Hayekian views

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an incredible book that will surprise you in breath and depth, one of the best books I have read.

a Bible for the great thinker

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Hayek examines how inherited social customs and traditions shape economic and social order and how artificially contrived systems such as socialism are doomed to fail.

I had feared that this book might be too dry and theoretical, but instead found it enjoyable, insightful and highly accessible.

I look forward to listening to more of Hayek's works on Audible.

Enjoyable, Insightful, Accessible Economics

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This book provides excellent ammunition for fighting socialists supposedly rational arguments and defending property and individual freedom

Excellent treaty on socialist's pseudo rationality

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The most poetic coverage of Austrian Economics I've come across. Beautiful language, so precise. This book was full of original observations (at least that I've come across) about the falsity of the motives behind socialism, at times reminding me of some of the original works of philosophy. I especially liked the comments about hard money and how government tends to water down the money supply. I have heard about Hayek before, I was referred to this by a much more recent book "Bitcoin Standard" by Ammous which I would also thoroughly recommend. This book stands up to it's reputation as a pillar of the Austrian school. The performer of the audio book does a wonderful job, it was a delicate and thoughtful delivery, especially the foreign language quotations but the whole performance was excellent.

Wonderful

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Returned this as it was just alot of babbling and not really getting nowhere fast

Boring

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