Reader’s Digest’s abridgment made Hayek famous in America

Evidence

Upon his arrival in the United States, Hayek was stunned to discover that his celebrity had increased dramatically during his time at sea. The catalyst was an abridgment by the Reader’s Digest. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 221

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s MPS-story: celebrity via mass media abridgment predates and enabled the society’s founding. — connects to: Business elites actively cultivated Hayek and promoted his ideas widely — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 875; Hayek’s public image was constructed by political appropriation, not his own text — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 228; Hayek’s sudden American celebrity from The Road to Serfdom discomforted him deeply — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 222 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Hayek’s public image was constructed by political appropriation, not his own text #corroborates (0.78) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 228
• Hayek’s sudden American celebrity from The Road to Serfdom discomforted him deeply #responds-to (0.78) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 222
• Business elites actively cultivated Hayek and promoted his ideas widely #expands (0.72) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 875
• Hayek’s own rhetoric invited the laissez-faire reading he later lamented #qualifies (0.72) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 223