Hayek

American  

[hah-yek] / ˈhɑ jɛk /

noun

1. Friedrich August von 1899–1992, British economist and political philosopher, born in Austria: shared Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1974 with Gunnar Myrdal.

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Hayek British  

/ ˈhɑɪjək /

noun

1. 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

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Hayek

“It’s been one thing after the other: The pandemic, the strikes and then it was the fires,” said Wood, who has worked as a stand-in for Eva Longoria and Salma Hayek.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Hayek, who all reportedly approved of his Atlas Network project.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

He simultaneously emerged as a sharp critic of the economic thought of prominent free-market thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Yet for all his criticisms of Hayek, Skidelsky affirms that Hayek and Keynes were at one in their desire to preserve liberal civilization from the radicals of the left and right in their time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

What I finally got to read of Hayek actually made me better appreciate part of his work, though the feelings remain mixed.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus

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