Doug Mackenzie wrote:  
>  
> Yes, spontaneous order refers to the reconciliation of  
> individual plans, not to planlessness. Hayek was clear  
> about this. The term 'spontaneous order' is misleading  
> to those who do not know the full Hayekian story.  
>     
  
Just chiming in to second what Doug says here and to comment that   
"unintended order" would have been a more accurate phrase.  I attempt to   
address these issues in the context of Austrian economics in my SDAE   
presidential address from a few years ago.   That can be found here:  
  
http://www.gmu.edu/rae/archives/VOL17_4_2004/1-Horowitz.pdf  
  
Steven Horwitz