Friedrich Hayek

1899 - 1992 20th Century Austrian-British

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Friedrich August von Hayek was an Austrian-British economist, philosopher, and Nobel laureate born in Vienna in 1899 into a family of academics and scientists. He studied law and economics at the University of Vienna, worked as a statistician, and held positions at universities in Vienna, London, Chicago, and Freiburg. Renowned for his critique of central planning, emphasis on spontaneous order, and the knowledge problem in economics, Hayek won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974. His key works, including 'The Road to Serfdom' (1944), defended free-market capitalism, individualism, and limited government against socialism and collectivism, influencing neoliberal thought amid the turmoil of world wars, the Great Depression, and totalitarian regimes.

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