During his teenage years, Hayek fought in World War I. He later said this experience, coupled with his desire to help avoid the mistakes that led to the war, drew him into economics.[10][11] He earned doctoral degrees in law in 1921 and political science in 1923 from the University of Vienna.[10][12] He subsequently lived and worked in Austria, Great Britain, the United States, and Germany. He became a British citizen in 1938.[13] His academic life was mostly spent at the London School of Economics, later at the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg. He is widely considered a major contributor to the Austrian School of Economics.[14][15]
Hayek had considerable influence on a variety of political movements of the 20th century, and his ideas continue to influence thinkers from a variety of political backgrounds today.[16][17][18] Although sometimes described as a conservative,[19] Hayek himself was uncomfortable with this label and preferred to be thought of as a classical liberal.[20][21] As the co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society he contributed to the revival of classical liberalism in the post-war era.[22] His most popular work, The Road to Serfdom, has been republished many times over the eight decades since its original publication, General Motors created a popular cartoon version.[23][24]
^Ebenstein, Alan O. (2003). Hayek's Journey: the mind of Friedrich Hayek (First Palgrave Macmillan ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN978-1403960382.
^Caldwell, Bruce (2004). Hayek's Challenge : an intellectual biography of F.A. Hayek. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN0-226-09193-7.
^Schmidtz, David; Boettke, Peter (Summer 2021). "Friedrich Hayek". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
^Gamble, Andrew (1996). Hayek: The Iron Cage of Liberty. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN978-0-367-00974-8.
^Hayek, Friedrich A. (2011). "Why I am not a Conservative". The Constitution of Liberty (Definitive ed.). The University of Chicago Press. ISBN978-0-226-31539-3.
^Schrepel, Thibault (January 2015). "Friedrich Hayek's Contribution to Antitrust Law and Its Modern Application". ICC Global Antitrust Review: 199–216. SSRN2548420.