Arnold Kling skriver i TCS Daily om Hayeks koncept om “the spontaneous order“, der nedkogt handler om, at disorder bliver til order, hvis man læner sig tilbage og venter.
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In theory a central grape distributor could be at work. A single entity could try to assemble all of the information that pertains to grape production and grape consumption. In addition, the grape-distribution czar would master all of the details of storage and transportation systems. Using this information, the czar would send instructions to all of the individuals involved in production, storage, and distribution, telling them what to do and where and when to do it.
In practice, there is no grape-distribution czar. Grapes make their way from distant lands to your neighborhood supermarket via a series of local decisions guided by prices and self-interest. No one person has all the information necessary to direct the distribution of grapes properly. But each participant, guided by prices, knows what to do. Their collective interaction results in grapes available at nearly all supermarkets nearly all the time. This is an example of spontaneous order.
