Advanced Topics in Liberty

Hayek on Liberty

For Professionals
March 7-9, 2008 - Washington, DC

This conference offers an overview and an introduction of some of the fundamental ideas of Nobel Laureate F. A. Hayek. These include Hayek’s discussion of the rule of law and the importance of private property, his discussion of the market as a means of transmitting information and the significance of local knowledge, and his critique of collectivism and central planning.

Discussion Leader

Bruce Caldwell
University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Professor Caldwell teaches history of economic thought and methodology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.  He is the editor of the Collected Works of F.A. Hayek.

Conference Readings 

Session I: The Road to Serfdom

  • Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom, 31–62 of the IEA edition

Session II: Individualism and the Knowledge Problem

  • Friedrich Hayek’s “Individualism: True and False” and “The Use of Knowledge in Society” from Individualism and Economic Order

Session III: The Fatal Conceit and The Constitution of Liberty

  • Friedrich Hayek’s The Fatal Conceit, Chapter 1
  • Friedrich Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty, Chapters 1–3

Session IV: Spontaneous Order

  • The Constitution of Liberty, Chapters 4–6

Session V: Coercion, Order, and the Rule of Law

  • The Constitution of Liberty, Chapters 9–11

Session VI: Hayek, Classical Liberalism, and Conservatism

  • The Constitution of Liberty, “Postscript: Why I am Not a Conservative.”

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