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