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Spontaneous Growth, Use Of Reason, And Constitutional Design: Is F. A. Hayek’S Social Thought Consistent?

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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.

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  • Servant, Régis, 2018. "Spontaneous Growth, Use Of Reason, And Constitutional Design: Is F. A. Hayek’S Social Thought Consistent?," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 40(3), pages 353-376, September.
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    1. Daniel Fernando Zarama Rojas, 2021. "Humility's Challenge: The Political Value of Disperse Individual Experience in F. A. Hayek's Thought," Documentos CEDE 19127, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
    2. Kolev, Stefan, 2021. "When liberty presupposes order: F. A. Hayek's learning ordoliberalism," Freiburg Discussion Papers on Constitutional Economics 21/2, Walter Eucken Institut e.V..
    3. Pankaj C. Patel & Marcus T. Wolfe, 2022. "Of free markets and a secular mind: the value of economic decentralization and individual secular values in entrepreneurship," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 58(1), pages 93-119, January.

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