The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought. For over half a century, it has inspired politicians and thinkers around the world, and has had a crucial impact on our political and cultural history. With trademark brilliance, Hayek argues convincingly that, while socialist ideals may be tempting, they cannot be accomplished except by means that few would approve of. Addressing economics, fascism, history, socialism and the Holocaust, Hayek unwraps the trappings of socialist ideology. He reveals to the world that little can result from such ideas except oppression and tyranny. Today, more than fifty years on, Hayek's warnings are just as valid as when The Road to Serfdom was first published.
弗里德里希·奥古斯特·冯·哈耶克是20世纪西方著名的经济学家和政治哲学家，当代新自由主义思潮的代表人物，原籍奥地利，后于1931年迁居英国并于1938年获得英国国籍。他一生从事教学和著述，自本世纪20年代以来，先后执教于奥地利维也纳大学、英国伦敦经济学院、美国芝加哥大学和西德弗莱堡大学等著名学府，主要著作有《货币理论和商业盛衰周期性》（Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle，1928？）、《价格与生产》（Prices and Production，1931）、《货币民族主义与国际稳定》（Monetary Nationalism and International Stability，1937）、《利润、利息和投资》（Profits，Interest and Investment，1939）、《资本的纯理论》（The P...