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The Fatal Conceit

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In this final work, edited by W. W. Bartley III, F. A. Hayek presents his manifesto on the errors of socialism. Taking an economic and evolutionary approach, he examines how the differing moralities of socialism and the market order arise, and how the spontaneous "extended order" of the market enabled civilization. The "fatal conceit" is the belief that man can shape the world according to his wishes.