The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek

A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual history and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians and scholars for half a century. Originally published in 1944, it was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

Foreword  – 00:00

Preface – 5:10

Introduction – 8:55

I. THE ABANDONED ROAD – 26:35

II THE GREAT UTOPIA – 54:33

III. INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM – 1:10:55

IV. THE ‘INEVITABILITY’ OP PLANNING – 1:33:45

V. PLANNING AND DEMOCRACY – 2:00:08

VI. PLANNING AND THE RULE OF LAW – 2:33:30

VII. ECONOMIC CONTROL AND TOTALITARIANISM – 3:03:32

VIII.  WHO, WHOM? – 3:31:25

IX. SECURITY AND FREEDOM – 4:07:29

X. WHY THE WORST GET ON TOP – 4:36:30

XI. THE END OF TRUTH – 5:14:26

XII. THE SOCIALIST ROOTS OF NAZISM – 5:41:31

XIII. THE TOTALITARIANS IN OUR MIDST – 6:13:01

XIV. MATERIAL CONDITIONS AND IDEAL END – 6:57:49

XV. THE PROSPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORDER – 7:34:57

XVI. CONCLUSION – 8:15:23