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''The Road to Serfdom'' (German: ''Der Weg zur Knechtschaft'') is a book written by the Austrian-born economist and philosopher Friedrich von Hayek (1899–1992) between 1940–1943, in which he "() of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning." He further argues that the abandonment of individualism and classical liberalism inevitably leads to a loss of freedom, the creation of an oppressive society, the tyranny of a dictator, and the serfdom of the individual. Significantly, Hayek challenged the general view among British academics that fascism (and National Socialism) was a capitalist reaction against socialism. He argued that fascism, National Socialism and socialism had common roots in central economic planning and empowering the state over the individual. Since its publication in 1944, ''The Road to Serfdom'' has been an influential and popular exposition of market libertarianism. It has sold over two million copies.〔On June 9, 2010, the book became the #1 book sold at Amazon.com, achieving best seller status. 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bestsellers in Books )〕 ''The Road to Serfdom'' was to be the popular edition of the second volume of Hayek’s treatise entitled "The Abuse and Decline of Reason", and the title was inspired by the writings of the 19th century French classical liberal thinker Alexis de Tocqueville on the "road to servitude". The book was first published in Britain by Routledge in March 1944, during World War II, and was quite popular, leading Hayek to call it "that unobtainable book", also due in part to wartime paper rationing. It was published in the United States by the University of Chicago Press in September 1944 and achieved great popularity. At the arrangement of editor Max Eastman, the American magazine ''Reader's Digest'' published an abridged version in April 1945, enabling ''The Road to Serfdom'' to reach a wider popular audience beyond academics. ''The Road to Serfdom'' has had a significant impact on twentieth-century conservative and libertarian economic and political discourse, and is often cited today by commentators. ==Publication== The book was originally published for a British audience by Routledge Press in March 1944 in the United Kingdom and then by the University of Chicago Press in September 1944. The U.S. publisher’s expectation was that the book would sell between 900 and 3,000 copies. The initial printing run of 2,000 copies was quickly sold out, and 30,000 copies were sold within six months. , the University of Chicago Press estimated that more than 350,000 copies had been sold. A 20-page version of the book was then published in the April 1945 issue of ''Reader's Digest'', with a press run of several million copies. A 95-page abridged version was also published in 1945 and 1946. In February 1945, a picture-book version〔(The Illustrated Road to Serfdom )〕 was published in ''Look'' magazine, later made into a pamphlet and distributed by General Motors. The book has been translated into approximately 20 languages and is dedicated to "The socialists of all parties". The introduction to the 50th anniversary edition is written by Milton Friedman (another recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics 1976). In 2007, the University of Chicago Press issued a "Definitive Edition", Volume 2 in the "Collected Works of F. A. Hayek" series. In June 2010, the book achieved new popularity by rising to the top of the Amazon.com bestseller list following extended coverage of the book on ''The Glenn Beck Program''. Since that date, it has sold another 250,000 copies in its print and digital editions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Road to Serfdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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