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Hayek: A Collaborative Biography

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Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992) was born into the nobility of a failing neo-feudal social order and state: his first 19 years coincided with the close of almost six and a half centuries of continuous rule by the House of Habsburg over its empire (from 1276 until 11 November 1918). Its origins stemmed from Count Radbot of Habsburg (c. 985–1045) building both Habsburg Castle and Muri Abbey, a Benedictine monastery; his family acquired preeminent feudal status under his descendant, Rudolf 1 (1218–1291). Between 1438 and 1806, the Habsburgs continuously occupied the throne of the Holy Roman Empire for all but four years; in the 16th century, the name was officially changed to Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation). The Habsburg Emperor Frederick III (1415–1493) inscribed on official buildings the five vowels, A E I O U: ‘Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan’, ‘All the Earth is Subject to Austria’, or ‘Austria Will Stand Forever’ (Klemperer 2009, 149, n5; Snyder 2009, 15; Keyserlingk 1988, 16; Vaughan 1973, 123; Taylor 1964, 13).

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Leeson, R. (2015). Introduction. In: Leeson, R. (eds) Hayek: A Collaborative Biography. Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137325099_1

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