The more the state plans, the more difficult planning becomes for the individual.
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Born in Vienna in 1899, Hayek
Born in Vienna in 1899, Hayek was the leading Austrian School economist and foremost defender of liberty. The Road to Serfdom (1944) warned that central planning leads to tyranny. Nobel laureate 1974.
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