In November, 1977, on a still-sticky evening along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, the Austrian economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek boarded a flight bound for Chile and settled into his seat in first class. He was headed to the Valparaíso Business School, where he was scheduled to receive an honorary degree.
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Manarola, Cinque Terre by @thetiafox IT’S NEARLY THE WEEKEND and for the third instalment of Around the World by Instagram, it’s off...
