Episode 85: The Ideas of Friedrich Hayek (with Steven Horwitz)
Channel: Libertarianism.org
Date: 2015-06-08

Nobel laureate Friedrich Hayek was one of the world’s foremost intellectuals in a variety of fields, including legal theory, economics, constitutional theory, and neuroscience. This podcast episode provides an introduction to his academic and popular writing.

Steven Horwitz joins us for a discussion about Hayek’s life and ideas. What do it mean to think “Hayekian”? What is spontaneous order? Why doesn’t planning work?

Show Notes and Further Reading

Steven Horwitz, Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions (forthcoming book)
http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/hayeks-modern-family-/?K=9781137448224

F. A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (book)
http://www.amazon.com/Road-Serfdom-Fiftieth-Anniversary/dp/0226320618/

F. A. Hayek, “The Use of Knowledge in Society” (essay)
http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw1.html

F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty (book series: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3)
http://www.amazon.com/Law-Legislation-Liberty-Rules-Order/dp/0226320863/r
http://www.amazon.com/Law-Legislation-Liberty-Mirage-Justice/dp/0226320839/
http://www.amazon.com/Law-Legislation-Liberty-Political-People/dp/0226320901/

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