Article 37S09 Why the Worst Humans Are Able to Rise to Power

Why the Worst Humans Are Able to Rise to Power

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History's most notorious dictators did not rise to power randomly. And in The Road to Serfdom, Hayek explains why the most despicable people always end up with political power and why, to paraphrase Lord Acton, absolute power always corrupts absolutely.

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