Friedrich Hayek · Economics

The Fatal Conceit

Hayek’s final, sweeping argument that the deepest error of modern politics is the overconfidence of reason - the belief that we can consciously design a society better than evolved tradition.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Hayek attacked ‘constructivist rationalism.’ Explain what intellectual error he meant, and the strongest objection that it counsels passivity, in your own words.

Leads to Karl Popper.

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