>>It's funny that modern Hayek adherents are so militant about preventing things that Hayek himself was completely fine with. He saw a government role in pricin

>>It's funny that modern Hayek adherents are so militant about preventing things that Hayek himself was completely fine with. He saw a government role in pricing externalities, banning poisons, preventing deforestation and pollution, limiting working hours or other manipulative labor contracts, preventing private fraud, and in wealthy societies, providing minimum food, clothing, housing and social insurance. I'm not aware of Austrians being opposed to government pricing externalities, banning poisons, preventing deforestation and pollution or preventing private fraud. The Austrian school is not generally anarchist. From what I gather, the vast majority are minarchists. Do you have a source for Hayek being "completely fine with" "limiting working hours" or any other interference in private contracts, or "providing minimum food, clothing, housing and social insurance"? I only know of one quote where he expresses support for any kind of government aid to the poor.