Did Hayek believe in no government intervention at all?
This is a common misunderstanding. My argument was not for a complete absence of government, but for a limited government focused on establishing and enforcing general, abstract rules that facilitate a spontaneous order. The government's role should be to create the framework within which individuals can freely pursue their own ends, not to direct those ends or the means to achieve them. The rule of law is paramount.
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