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Liberalism, Conservatism, and Hayek's Idea of Spontaneous Order

P. McNamara & L. Hunt

PublishedDec 19, 2007
LanguageEnglish

For Hayek, spontaneous order - the emergence of complex order as the unintended consequence of individual actions that have no such end in view - is both the origin of the Great Society and its underlying principle. These sometimes critical essays assess Hayek's position and argue that his work can inform contemporary social and political dilemmas.