"The Road to Serfdom
My review of Friedrich Hayek's classic, The Road to Serfdom, is on-line.
Me:
"Nor is there any reason why the state should not assist the individuals in providing for those common hazards of life against which, because of their uncertainty, few individuals can make adequate provision. Where, as in the case of sickness and accident, neither the desire to avoid such calamities nor the efforts to overcome their consequences are as a rule weakened by the provision of assistance—where, in short, we deal with genuinely insurable risks—the case for the state’s helping to organize a comprehensive system of social insurance is very strong."
This is my current view. I'm often told that I can't be a libertarian because of this view. Frankly, I'm for a guaranteed income as well, like Milton Friedman.
My question is this: Was Hayek a libertarian as he presented his views in The Road To Serfdom? I know that he seems to have changed his mind, and who can blame him when he saw government getting bigger and bigger. But, still, I would have thought that The Road To Serfdom and Capitalism And Freedom were written by libertarians. Were they?