Mathew,
Hayek never denied that he were influenced concerning spontaneous
order but not by Polanyi. He has always claimed that his explanation
of the social system continues a long tradition. Hayek refers to the
original Spanish schoolmen as the founders of the theory of
spontaneous order and he also recognize a broad contribution to
Scottish philosophers Smith, Hume with Smith's commonly known
"invisible hand", here we have a spontaneous order which is the
outcome of the actions of individuals. Whereas Hayek developed this
idea by considering spontaneous order the outcome of evolutionary institutions.
Rustam Romaniuc