The Road to Serfdom

Very dense reading, but valuable. von Hayek gives an excellent argument against all kinds of collectivism. He describes hundreds of parallels between 1940's England and America and 1920's Germany and Italy, which are really quite astounding. It's really hard to argue with any of the points he makes since they are all based on very valid and non-anecdotal logic. The biggest problem with the book is the writing style, but it's manageable.