 Hayek is quite friendly to various government interventions. In The Road to Serfdom, Hayek (1944 [2007]) defends countercyclical monetary policy, government construction of transportation infrastructure, social insurance for natural disasters, government health insurance, a basic minimum income, and strict regulations with respect to working hours, health and safety on the job, poisons, deforestation, harmful agricultural methods, noise, smoke, and the prices of goods and services that are natural monopolies (1944 [2007: 22, 43–4, 133–5, 217]; Burgin 2012: 90–1). Similarly, The Constitution of Liberty says government should prevent of depressions and provide pensions, medical care, and money for education in the form of vouchers (1960 [2011: 264, 276, 286, 294, 379]). Hayek repeatedly stresses that the