“The core ideas in Hayek’s metaphysical and methodological thought were, in the former, that reality is complex; and in the latter, that there should be some empirical corroboration for statements about events in the realm of nature.”

— Alan O. Ebenstein

Hayek's Journey: The Mind of Friedrich Hayek (2003)

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American political scientist, educator and author 1959

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