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ByAlan Beattie
Published: July 2 2010 22:05 | Last updated: July 2 2010 22:05
Not for the first time, Glenn Beck has demonstrated preternatural powers. The Fox News presenter has apparently caused a surge in sales for The Road to Serfdom, the classic 1944 anti-authoritarian screed by the great Austrian-British political economist Friedrich Hayek.
Nothing wrong with book recommendations. It's only fair for the Tea Party wing of the US political mansion to have its own Oprah Winfrey, and one similarly given to breaking down in tears on air "“ in Mr Beck's case occasioned by remembering how many enemies freedom has and how few people are as keen as he is to fight them. And better that people buy The Road to Serfdom than, say, anything by Mr Beck.
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