The Defense of Our Civilization Against Intellectual Error

From: Freeman | Date: March 1, 2004| Author: Hayek, F A | Copyright information

I believe that what the Foundation for Economic Education, with Eeonard Read at its head, and all his co-fighters and friends are committed to is nothing more nor less than the defense of our civilization against intellectual error.

I do not mean this as the kind of high-flown phrase that one is apt to coin for an occasion like this. I mean it literally, as the best definition of our common task. I have chosen every one of these eight words advisedly and will now try to explain what I ...

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