The Constitution of Liberty
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The Constitution of Liberty
| Author | F. A. Hayek |
|---|---|
| Published | 1960 |
| Pages | 569 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hayek’s fullest statement of liberal political philosophy and the book he regarded as his principal work: liberty as the absence of coercion, defended from ignorance — no one knows what knowledge will turn out to matter — and secured by the rule of law, then applied to unions, taxation, social insurance, housing and education. The postscript, “Why I Am Not a Conservative,” insists the position is liberal in the classical sense. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List (March 2026), where it opens Austrian School Economics ahead of “The Road to Serfdom” and “The Use of Knowledge in Society” — the section that builds the knowledge-problem argument for markets, of which this is the fullest political working-out. Full transcription: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
Connections
- The Road to Serfdom — Hayek’s earlier and shorter polemic, next on McCord’s list in the same section.
- Liberalism — the tradition the book restates.
- Regulation — the practical subject of the book’s third part.
- Law, Legislation, and Liberty — Hayek’s later three-volume revisiting of the same ground, also on McCord’s list.
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this came from.
What links here
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