By the end of the war, approximately eight thousand people were estimated to have died aboard prison ships in New York alone.
“are convinced of their own capacity to do this justly and equitably. The English people, for instance, perhaps even more than others, begin to realize what such schemes mean only when it is presented to them that they might be a minority in the planning authority and that the main lines of the future economic development of Great Britain might be determined by a non-British majority.”
― The Road to Serfdom
― The Road to Serfdom
“The machinery of monopoly becomes identical with the machinery of the state, and the state itself becomes more and more identified with the interests of those who run things than with the interests of the people in general.”
― The Road to Serfdom
― The Road to Serfdom
“The Managerial Revolution,”
― The Road to Serfdom
― The Road to Serfdom
“What is called economic power, while it can be an instrument of coercion, is, in the hands of private individuals, never exclusive or complete power, never power over the whole life of a person. But centralized as an instrument of political power it creates a degree of dependence scarcely distinguishable from slavery.”
― The Road to Serfdom
― The Road to Serfdom
“Whilst the work is in progress, any public expression of doubt, or even fear that the plan will not be successful, is an act of disloyalty and even of treachery because of its possible effects on the will and on the efforts of the rest of the staff.”
― The Road to Serfdom
― The Road to Serfdom
The History Book Club
— 25733 members
— last activity Dec 21, 2025 04:08AM
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
Audiobooks
— 16129 members
— last activity 1 hour, 23 min ago
Audio & audiobooks are getting more and more popular for commuters & those wanting to squeeze in another book or two a month while doing other activit ...more
Robert’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Robert’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Robert
Lists liked by Robert





























