The Iron Cage of Freedom: A Biography of Hayek

Author: (English) Andrew Gamble, translated by Wang Xiaodong and Zhu Zhijiang
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Publishing Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Hayek was one of the most important liberal thinkers of the 20th century, but he also faced profound misunderstandings. His works span numerous disciplines and different countries. In the 1940s, he warned that the rise of collectivism in Western democratic politics would lead humanity down the path to servitude, which made him widely known. Hayek was also a key figure in the revival of free-market liberalism after World War II; in the 1970s and 1980s, as one of the main intellectual inspirers of the "New Right Movement" in the UK and the US, Hayek gained even greater prominence. This book provides a comprehensive interpretation of this contemporary thinker who is both the most influential and the most controversial, making it an indispensable classic work for understanding Hayek's life and ideas.