Hayek, Friedrich August Von - frēˈdrĭkh ougoostˈ fôn hīˈək, 1899–1992, British economist, b. Vienna. He was raised and educated in Austria and taught at the London School of Economics in the 1930s, where he gained attention for his criticism of
Keynes. He expressed his commitment to free markets and his aversion to government intervention in The Road to Serfdom (1944). The economic policies of former British Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher were significantly influenced by his ideas. Hayek branched out into the fields of philosophy, psychology, and epistemology. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved. |