HAYEK, Friedrich A. (1899-1992). The Road to Serfdom. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Press, [1984]. 8vo. [xxiv], 1-248 pp. Publisher's deluxe full brown goatskin, front board and spine stamped in gilt, pink watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. Fine.#133/200 COPIES OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SIGNED EDITION, SIGNED BY HAYEK ON AN INSERTED LEAF. Hayek was a major economic and political philosopher, and he shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (with Gunnar Myrdal). The Road to Serfdom is his most famous book, which is an exposition of classical liberalism. He argues that government overreach in the individual liberties of the governed inevitably leads to tyranny, thus the average citizen is reduced to becoming a serf. ??in my opinion it is a grand book? Morally and philosophically, I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement?" (John Maynard Keynes).?Since its first publication in 1944, it has gone through multiple printings and is still in print to this day. It is, ironically, popular amongst both liberal and conservative thinkers. It is listed on 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written, compiled by Martin Seymour-Smith, and was #1 on the informal list, Top Ten Books Every Republican Congressman Should Read (2006). The National Book Review ranked it at #4 on their list of 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Twentieth Century.Measurements: 10"L x 8"W x 1"H.