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About Friedrich A. Hayek

1899 - 1992

F.A. Hayek (1899–1992) was a founding board member of the Mises Institute. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economics with ideological rival Gunnar Myrdal "for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena."

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Prices and Production

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 5/7/2013

Hayek was not only a leading champion of liberty in the 20th century. As this massive book reveals, he was also a great economist whose elaboration on monetary theory and the business cycle made him the leading foe of Keynesian theory and policy in t...
Individualism and Economic Order

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 5/6/2013

If you are looking to acquaint yourself with F.A. Hayek's perspective on economic theory--beyond his business cycle and monetary studies of the interwar years--this is the best source. The collection appeared in 1947, before he moved on toward br...
A Free-Market Monetary System and The Pretense of Knowledge

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 8/11/2011

Here are two of Hayek's greatest essays in one small and beautiful volume at a very low price. It is a perfect way to introduce yourself and others to this giant of the 20th century. The book begins with Hayek's most excellent essay on mo...
Tiger by the Tail

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 8/8/2011

F.A. Hayek said that his biggest regret in a lifetime of writing was that he never wrote a book-length refutation of Keynesian economics. He seriously doubted that Keynesian style planning would ever captivate governments, so he focused on differ...
Denationalisation of Money: The Argument Refined

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 7/28/2011

An Analysis of the Theory and Practice of Concurrent Currencies What if the government let anyone use a currency of his or her choosing? What if the government permitted entrepreneurs to innovate in the monetary sector, such as by creating digital c...
Choice in Currency

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 7/24/2011

A path-breaking essay by Hayek, newly in print in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Affairs, this piece first appeared in 1976, during an inflationary bout in the U.S.. Hayek saw that it was crucial to bring the forces of competition to bear...
The Road to Serfdom

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 5/5/2011

Finally, here is an edition of Road to Serfdom that does justice to its monumental status in the history of liberty. It contains a foreword by the editor of the Hayek Collected Works, Bruce Caldwell. Caldwell has added helpful explanatory notes and c...
A Regulated Gold Standard

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 9/14/2010

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"Intellectuals and Socialism"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 9/8/2010

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Pure Theory of Capital, The

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 5/15/2010

The greatest failing of non-Austrian theories of macroeconomics, it's been said, is that they lack a robust theory of capital. F.A. Hayek sought to fill out the theory of the business cycle with an impenetrable one, and the result was this remark...
Profits, Interest, and Investment

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 10/13/2009

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Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 7/12/2007

F.A. Hayek Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle...
Monetary Nationalism and International Stability

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 7/12/2007

F.A. Hayek Monetary Nationalism and International Stability...
"Toward a Free Market Monetary System"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"Competition as a Discovery Procedure"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Non Sequitur of the Dependence Effect"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"Toward a Free Market Monetary System"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"Richard Cantillon"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Mythology of Capital"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"Investment that Raises the Demand for Capital"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"The Mythology of Capital"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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"Reflections on the Pure Theory of Money of Mr. J.M. Keynes"

Friedrich A. Hayek Updated 1/15/2007

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