Boka gir ei innføring i livet og arbeidene til den liberale tenkeren Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992). Hans arbeid ga inspirasjon til den markedsøkonomien og de liberale verdiene som preget de siste tiårene av 1900-tallet.
...h aɪ ə k / HY-ək, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈhaɪɛk]; 8 May 1899 - 23 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian-British economist and philosopher best known for his defence of classical liberalism. F.A. Hayek, also called Friedrich A. Hayek, in full Friedrich August von Hayek, (born May 8, 1899, Vienna, Austria—died March 23, 1992, Freiburg, Germany), Austrian-born British economist noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. F. A. Hayek's life spanned the twentieth century, and he made his home in some of the great intellectual communities of the period. Born Friedrich August von Hayek in 1899 to a distinguished family of Viennese intellectuals, Hayek attended the University of Vienna, earning doctorates in 1921 and 1923. Friedrich August von Hayek var en britisk-østerriksk økonom som i 1974 ble tildelt Nobels minnepris, sammen med Gunnar Myrdal. Han er en av de mest kjente representante...