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Gordon Tullock has argued that " the Hayek-Friedman argument " predicted totalitarian governments in much of Western Europe in the late 20th century-which did not occur.

He uses the example of Sweden, in which the government at that time controlled 63 percent of GNP, as an example to support his argument that the basic problem with The Road to Serfdom is " that it offered predictions which turned out to be false.

The steady advance of government in places such as Sweden has not led to any loss of non-economic freedoms.

" While criticizing Hayek, Tullock still praises the classical liberal notion of economic freedom, saying, " Arguments for political freedom are strong, as are the arguments for economic freedom.

We needn ’ t make one set of arguments depend on the other.