Study Hayek's Road to Serfdom with Tom DiLorenzo - Thomas J. DiLorenzo - Mises Daily

Study Hayek's Road to Serfdom with Tom DiLorenzo - Thomas J. DiLorenzo - Mises Daily:

"Washington, DC, no longer recognizes any limits at all to its powers to 'socially plan' all aspects of American life. This totalitarian impulse is not limited to national politics. The mayor of New York City believes he has the power to regulate all of the eating and drinking habits of New Yorkers, even including how much salt they consume with their meals and what type of soft drinks they can enjoy.

The subtitle of the 1976 edition of The Road to Serfdom, published by the University of Chicago Press, is 'A Classic Warning Against the Dangers to Freedom Inherent in Social Planning.' The exponential explosion of governmental powers in response to the current, government-generated economic crisis makes The Road to Serfdom as relevant today as it ever was (as Glenn Beck's audience instinctively understands). This is why the Mises Institute is offering a special five-week online class, The Road to Serfdom: Despotism Then and Now, under my direction through the Mises Academy, beginning on Tuesday, June 21.

The course will be an in-depth examination and discussion of Hayek's analysis, its relevance to today's world, and how such ideas can be used to put America — and other parts of the world — back on the road to freedom."