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Hayek vs. Hayek

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.10.2010 10:01 AM


Yesterday, my colleague Brian Doherty noted that The Road to Serfdom has bounced to number one on Amazon.com after a loving tribute on Glenn Beck's Fox broadcast. Great news!

But here's a short, sad story to give you some perspective: I did a Google News search for Hayek this morning—you know, just a typical day when you work at Reason—and this is what I found:

Which makes now as good a time as any to link to the classic Salma vs. Friedrich Scorecard.

UPDATE: Reason contributor Lene Johansen correctly notes via Twitter that I should have taken this opportunity to encourage you to rewatch the excellent Hayek v. Keynes rap battle video:

Katherine Mangu-Ward is editor in chief of Reason.

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