Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - J Wesley - GoodreadsVery dense. Hayek's writing style is very dry and it's easy to start skimming rather than reading. The arguments in the book are powerful and present a unique and compelling case against socialism ... Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Rick - GoodreadsSome parts are hard to understand but the core insights are there and fairly easy to spot. This book is essential in attempting to learn why people find socialistic government policies attractive, even though it is harmful to their own well-being. Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - David - GoodreadsVery, very, VERY methodical and intense read. Not for the faint-hearted. But if you ever want to know why humans are the way they are, how they got there (and then, by extension, how the rest of the world we know came into being) then this is your kind of book. Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Dan Freeman - GoodreadsSuperb critique of socialism and big government that precedes it. Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Patrick - Goodreadsamazon review: Hayek gives the main arguments for the free-market case and presents his manifesto on the "errors of socialism." Hayek argues that socialism has, from its origins, been mistaken on ... Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - manwithoutqualities - GoodreadsVery readable often choppy but contested provenance. Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Charlene Mathe - GoodreadsSo far so good! Very clear. When we as a nation accept a president's assertion (7/15/2012) that the rewards of success earned by one person are owed to everyone else because the success depended on ... Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Otto Lehto - GoodreadsFull of good ideas marred by a criminally repetitive style. The author is painfully hammering home his central point on every page, like a narcissist suffering from Alzheimer's. This is somewhat ... Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Matt - GoodreadsThis is not light reading, but it gives an interesting argument to explain the current state of affairs in the world today and the problems associated with socialist thought. My complaint about Hayek ... Read full review
Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism
User Review - Brandon Byrd - GoodreadsThis book was very fascinating! It explains how social customs that produce prosperity tend to win out, and among these are property rights and moral codes. It was interesting that Hayek, who ... Read full review
