# Essential Hayek: The Challenge of Living in a Modern Society

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/essential-hayek-challenge-living-modern-society>

**By** Donald J. Boudreaux

**Published:** June 18, 2015

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Hayek thought that living in a society involves two types of interactions: those that occur among family and friends, and those that occur in the broader world.

This short video is part of [a Fraser Institute project](http://www.essentialhayek.org/) to present the ideas of F. A. Hayek.