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Friedrich Hayek, smiling, at the London School of Economics in 1981Essay · 14 Oct 2026The Use of Knowledge in SocietyF. A. Hayek's famous 1945 essay, retold in plain language: why the knowledge a planner needs is scattered among millions of people, and how prices let their plans fit together.

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