The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich Hayek
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What people on Hacker News said
I found it very well written, amusing and even hilarious in how even in the 1940's supporters of communism and progressives where making the same kind of arguments that are made today. Hayek needless to say, deals brilliantly with these. As relevant today as when written.
Possibly a controversial choice but "The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek has had at least a subtle influence on almost every political economic belief I hold.
It's hard to motivate to read the Keynes book but nobody ever has trouble reading Hayek.
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