I am amongst those who would support and be willing to pay for a "de-edited" version of Hayek's Fatal Conceit although what already exists is excellent in its own right irrespective of who wrote it. But I would be interested myself in seeing Hayek's own way of putting these thoughts if they are indeed substantially different from the edited version we now have. 

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>>> Robert Leeson <[log in to unmask]> 02/09/2010 3:40 am >>>
In response to off-line requests for clarification: A lawyer (Steve Dimmick) is forensically examining the numerous drafts of the Fatal Conceit to see whether the editor, William Warren Bartley III, was doing a sterling job of tidying up Hayek's Germanic prose etc or illegimately introducing his own epistemological pre-dispositions and passing them off as the final resting point of Hayek's intellectual journey.      

The concerns have been summarised by Lanny Ebenstein:

http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2005_03/ebenstein-deceit.html 

Robert Leeson