Hayek on the Market
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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The Danger of Democracy
Hayek was convinced that only liberal democracies with very robust constitutional limits on the power of majoritarian governments to control economic life could survive. The great thing about democracy for Hayek is that it provided a kind of security against claims to know the future, because everyone, including politicians, ought to be surprised by democratic outcomes.
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