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How broad is Hayek’s concept of spontaneous order?

Posted in Economics, Law and Economics, Political Philosophy, tagged , on January 3, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Greg believes that spontaneous order can be too broadly applied so as to become meaningless.  Sure, if the analysis is too broad, then socialist states could be viewed as federalist experimentation, but I think this reading is intentionally mischievous. Knowledge belongs to individuals.  This was a theoretical foundation from which Hayek was working.  A corollary [...]

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Notes on Hayek and the Common Law

Posted in Economics, Jurisprudence, Law and Economics, Political Philosophy, tagged , , on December 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This month’s issue of Cato Unbound features a pretty good discussion of Hayek’s conception of spontaneous order.  Timothy Sandefur’s first critique in the lead essay is provocative, but has some flaws.  On Hayek’s description of how law is constructed, Sandefur writes: “No system of law,” Hayek admits, “has ever been designed as a whole, and [...]

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