Hayek’s ‘The Use of Knowledge in Society’ – Simplified

Hayek was a terrible writer. Convoluted, hard to understand.

For example, as quoted by Twitter account F. A. Hayek Quotes:

The more a man indulges in the propensity to blame others or circumstances for his failures, the more disgruntled and ineffective he tends to become.

He could have just said ‘blaming others makes you unhappy and weak’. But he chose complicated language, presumably to impress people.

Makes me think he didn’t have much of substance to say.

He was also sloppy at quoting: https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/investigating-hayek-s-misquotes