Spontaneous growth, use of reason, and constitutional design: Is F. A. Hayek's social thought consistent?

Régis Servant ()
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Régis Servant: PHARE - Philosophie, Histoire et Analyse des Représentations Économiques - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Abstract: Many commentators have pointed out the presence of a tension, even a contradiction or inconsistency, between two theses advanced by Friedrich Hayek: that the growth of institutions ought to be spontaneous rather than consciously designed, and that the conscious design of a constitution is necessary, so as to secure a desirable social order. Our paper shows via textual analysis that, far from being irreconcilable, these two theses, on the contrary, complement each other .

Date: 2018-09
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Published in Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2018, 40 (3), pp.353-376. ⟨10.1017/S1053837217000402⟩

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DOI: 10.1017/S1053837217000402

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