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Friedrich August von Hayek

1899–1992

Austrian-born British economist and political philosopher. Author of The Road to Serfdom (1944) and "The Use of Knowledge in Society" (1945). Shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal.

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Born: 8 May 1899, Vienna, Austria-Hungary.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, F.A. Hayek
Died: 23 March 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, F.A. Hayek
Posts: London School of Economics from 1931 (British subject from 1938); University of Chicago, 1950–1962; University of Freiburg from 1962.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, F.A. Hayek
Major works: The Road to Serfdom (1944); "The Use of Knowledge in Society" (1945); The Constitution of Liberty (1960); Law, Legislation and Liberty (1973–1979).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, F.A. Hayek
Nobel: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1974, shared with Gunnar Myrdal. Nobel lecture: "The Pretence of Knowledge".; Source: Nobel Prize Outreach, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 1974

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2026-10-06Friedrich August von HayekIn 1945, the year the war ended, Friedrich August von Hayek published an essay in the American Economic Review that asked its readers to picture tin growing scarce.Read

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