Why So Much Hostility to Liberty?
Feb 28th, 2009 by wintercow20
Via David Henderson:
A friend of his asked Hayek why people were so averse to the ideas of economic freedom. Hayek’s reply is timeless:
One of the forms of private property that people cherish most is their ideas. If you convince them that their ideas are wrong, you have caused them to suffer a capital loss.
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