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In reply to Roderick T. Long. For why I say The Fatal Conceit isn’t really by Hayek, see this (and in fact I’d already picked up earlier on what struck me as a serious inconsistency in tone and approach between The Fatal Conceit and Hayek&#…

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In reply to Roderick T. Long. OK, fine. How’s this? Nothing in, say, The Pure Theory of Capital… I just stumbled on this article that could have been written for this post: I sympathize with Thompson’s rationale for quitting: the ed…

“Nothing in, say, The Fatal Conceit …” While I agree that Hayek isn’t especially helpful here (though extensions and developments of his thoughts might be), The Fatal Conceit is not in any meaningful sense by Hayek in any case. …

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Thanks, fixed. Alas, another chapter out of Persecution and the Brain Fart of Proofreading. LikeLike

I think in this sentence: “Fundamentally, I doubt that there is no such thing as ‘cancel culture.’” the “no” should be “any.” (Unless this is a clue that we’re intended to give your entire post a Strauss…

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