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"I am for . . . freedom of association, of course, but not the right to use power to force other people to join and to keep other people out." Friedrich A. Hayek Interview with Leo Rosten, 1978

Introduction by Armen Alchian

The idea of capturing visually and orally the personality of Friedrich von Hayek, 1974 Nobel laureate, was so attractive that when the Earhart Foundation agreed to fund such an arrangement, the Pacific Academy for Advanced Studies was proud to undertake the pleasant task. No attempt was made in these interviews to restate or review Hayek's staggering intellectual accomplishments or his influence on contemporary understanding of social, political, and economic events.

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