Yeah I actually wish this was around earlier, as I wondered that exact question posed by the title of Hoppe’s article when I was still in early stages of study. Not long after, I accidentally stumbled upon Block’s paper that went into great detail on the very topic Hoppe writes on. It sounds a little silly, but I was actually kind of angry to read the truth about Hayek, from his own words. I actually felt…kind of betrayed.
You may remember I had a dialogue on the notion of Hayek being an ordoliberal here (with Izzy, interestingly enough.)