Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances but on the belief that it will, on balance, release more forces for the good than for the bad.
DescriptionBritish economist and Nobel Prize for Economics laureate
AliasesFriedrich August von Hayek
BornMay 8, 1899
DiedMarch 23, 1992
CountryAustria
ProfessionEconomist; Philosopher; Historian; Political Scientist
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Order Of Merit Of Baden-Württemberg; Ring Of Honour Of The City Wien; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Order Of Merit For Arts And Science; Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize