Interview series
Revival of Classical Liberalism
In the third part of this collection, Friedrich A. Hayek discusses the turning point in which his ideas began to have a greater echo in the world — after the failure of Keynesianism and the rise of liberal ideas in the West. The interview includes a look at how Margaret Thatcher handled Great Britain’s economic…
Keynes and the Depression
In part two of this collection, Friedrich A. Hayek describes English society in the 1930s. He explains the ideas that surfaced after the world economic crisis and looks at the principal epistemological differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and his own. He also examines the impact that totalitarian movements around the world had…
Origins in Vienna
In the first video of this collection, Friedrich A. Hayek describes his early childhood in Vienna. He comments on pivotal events in his life as well as the social, political, and cultural context in which his views developed. He explains the circumstances that led him to socialism and the inherent problems he identified in that…