The Road to Serfdom
In 1945, Antony Fisher read an article in "Reader's Digest"; it was a summary of "The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek. Later that year, Fisher visited Hayek at the London School of Economics. Hayek dissuaded Fisher from embarking on a political and parliamentary career to try to prevent the spread of socialism and central planning. Instead, Hayek suggested the establishment of a body which could engage in research and reach the intellectuals with reasoned argument.