Compromising liberty
Friedrich Hayek'sThe road to serfdomin practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2159677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Grocott (0000-0002-0971-7409) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 140-164 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03085147.2014.909987 |
| OpenAlex | W2082771921 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper examines a rare and unstudied piece of consultancy work undertaken by Hayek, in 1944, for the British Colonial Office and for the Government of Gibraltar. Hayek’s subsequent reports suggested the reorganisation of the state-regulated Gibraltar housing market in line with free market principles, forcing the colony’s working class population to relocate into neighbouring Spain. However, rather than freeing Gibraltarians from the evils of state planning, as identified in The Road to Serfdom, published earlier in the year, this proposal would, rather, have delivered them into the dictatorship of General Franco. Not only was Franco’s regime brutal, but also it was one which practiced autarkic economic policies virtually identical to those which Hayek maligned in The Road to Serfdom. In sum, Hayek’s free market proposals would have benefited Gibraltar’s landlords at the expense of the liberty of the majority of the civilian population
Colonialism · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic history · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Serfdom · Sociology · State (computer science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Demography · Law · Philosophy
Franco and Hitler
Hunger and the Consolidation of the Francoist Regime (1939-1951)
General Franco as Military Leader
Brief History of Neoliberalism
From Beveridge to Turner
Defending the open society
Socialism, knowledge, the instrumental valuation principle and the enhancement of individual dignity
Socialism, associations and the market
Liberal government and authoritarianism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |