Review: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents
User Review - Shawn - GoodreadsHayek definitely presents a compelling argument for "liberalism." And, he has great insight in the way political and economic systems work and how they work with each other. However, this was too ... Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom
User Review - Jinan Kim - GoodreadsIt's hard to understand, cause the long sentence and too many negative words. But above all, the idea about the future of planned society is a little bit weird to me.. So, It's really pain to read.. Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom
User Review - M Pereira - GoodreadsThis was a heavy going book. I didn't know anything about Hayek when I started reading this, except for him being a friend of Popper. I then found out that he's hailed by the right wing of politics in ... Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom
User Review - Mike Thicke - GoodreadsThe Road to Serfdom is Hayek's best known work. Written during World War II, it has two main arguments. First, that Marxism and Fascism, while apparently lying at opposite ends of the political ... Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom
User Review - Kari - GoodreadsNot what I thought it was, nothing new; probably good to know that that's what the book has in it; only read it because a columnist said it was a standard. Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents
User Review - Nick Lloyd - GoodreadsThis book was terribly underwhelming. I expected a creative new approach to macroeconomics, and yet the first half of the book is spent equating Fascism with Communism (what?), and arguing that anyone who doesn't support unfettered laissez faire is essentially preparing to murder Jews. Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents
User Review - Sasha - GoodreadsI can't argue that this book is not logical and, at times, right-on in its predictions. It seeks to deliver a strong anti-socialist message and, sure, in that it succeeds. But it is incredibly long ... Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents
User Review - Jud Barry - GoodreadsOK, I'll admit that I finally broke down and read this book because of Glenn Beck. I've heard about this book for so long from conservatives who say that it shows how contemporary liberalism is Hayek ... Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom
User Review - Jim - GoodreadsThis was a difficult read. Written in 1944 in England it is still relevant today. From page 231 of the book, "Freedom to order our own conduct in the sphere where material circumstances force a choice ... Read full review
Review: The Road to Serfdom
User Review - Scott - GoodreadsThis book is one very long rant about how our current political decisions are leading us down the path to totalitarianism. There's a problem, though: This book was written 65 years ago, and sounds ... Read full review