The context of the publication of The Road to Serfdom is quite particular: this book is written in 1944 in Britain. Nothing is trivial in the context of the publication: in 1944, if the war is not yet won, since the defeat of Mussolini’s Italy, the victory seems likely. The English people, as the American people are marked by a great sympathy for the Soviets and Stalin. This sympathy is very strong in intellectual circles. The communist solution seems to be better than the liberal solution because the first is seen as a shield against the 1929 crisis.