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  1. Oct 9, 2024 · 7 October 2024. Friedrich August von Hayek never formally worked for the Institute of Economic Affairs. But he was nonetheless undoubtedly one of the most significant figures in the institute’s history. If we had to name ourselves after a person, in the way our friends from the Adam Smith Institute do, we would undoubtedly be the ‘Friedrich ...

  2. 3 days ago · Friedrich August von Hayek CH FBA (/ ˈ h aɪ ə k / HY-ək, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔaʊɡʊst fɔn ˈhaɪɛk] ⓘ; 8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian-born British academic who contributed to political economy, political philosophy, and intellectual history.

  3. Oct 9, 2024 · Professor Gunnar Myrdal and Professor Friedrich von Hayek 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.

  4. Oct 9, 2024 · Hayek’s description of the central planner’s knowledge problem can be summarized as follows: o Knowledge is dispersed. o Identifying, gathering, and transmitting this dispersed knowledge is difficult or impossible.

  5. 4 days ago · Scientism kills science. The pretense of knowledge comes from scientism, not scientific inquiry. This year is the 50th anniversary of Hayek’s Nobel. Cato’s Podcast had Bruce Caldwell and me on to discuss this and some other topics. Caldwell several years ago wrote a wonderful paper detailing Hayek’s experience in winning the Nobel ...

  6. Oct 10, 2024 · Hayek’s theory of the mind is relational in the sense that it is the structure of the connections between nerve fibres—as distinct from the physical properties of individual neurons—that generates the classification of external stimuli and thereby gives rise to the sensory or phenomenal order we experience. As he put it, “The connexions ...

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  8. Oct 10, 2024 · In 1947 Hayek founded the Mont Pelerin Society, a group of classical liberal thinkers who banded together to form a bulwark against socialist totalitarian thought that was spreading across much of the world. Its founding members included Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman and Karl Popper among other illustrious scholars.

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