Writing in the Washington Post, Duke economics professor Bruce Caldwell has a delightful piece on the increasing popularity of F.A. Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom.

I think that a lot of Americans have concluded that the Obamacrats are pushing us down that road as fast as they can. That’s why Hayek, Rand, Orwell, and other writers who foresaw the horrid results of a highly politicized nation are increasingly popular these days.