Hayek

[ hah-yek ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Au·gust von [free, -drik , aw, -g, uh, st von, free, -d, r, i, kh, , ou, -g, oo, st f, uh, n], 1899–1992, British economist and political philosopher, born in Austria: shared Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1974 with Gunnar Myrdal.

Hayek

/ ˈhɑɪjək /

noun

1. HayekFriedrich August von18991992MBritishAustrianSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Friedrich August von. 1899–1992, British economist and political philosopher, born in Austria: noted for his advocacy of free-market ideas; shared the Nobel prize for economics 1974

Example Sentences

If anyone could make this dismal stuff funny, it’s Hayek—but not even she can rescue it.

From Time

His student Hayek won the economics Nobel in 1974 for his arguments against centralized economic planning and government spending.

From Quartz

At the 2013 Golden Globes, Salma Hayek and Paul Rudd presented the award for Best Actor in a TV series.

From The Daily Beast

The presenters, including Jeremy Renner and Salma Hayek, were just as A-list as the winners.

From The Daily Beast

Then we move on, and we require [Austrian economists Ludwig] von Mises and [Friedrich von] Hayek as well.

From The Daily Beast

It's as if our policy debate has been an extended version of those Keynes-Hayek raps that went viral in 2010 and 2011.

From The Daily Beast

Yet in 2010 liquidationist arguments no different from those of Schumpeter (or Hayek) suddenly regained prominence.

From The Daily Beast