The intellectual and political legacy of Friedrich August von Hayek Michael Wohlgemuth Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg (www.eucken.de) Institut économique.

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The intellectual and political legacy of Friedrich August von Hayek Michael Wohlgemuth Walter Eucken Institut, Freiburg ( Institut économique de Montréal McGill University 14 novembre

Who the heck is Hayek? 2

Hayek: a short c.v. * 1899 Vienna : business cycle research (with Mises) : LSE (contra Keynes, Lange) 1944: The Road to Serfdom : University of Chicago 1960:The Constitution of Liberty :(University of) Freiburg (and Salzburg) :Law, Legislation and Liberty 1974:Nobel Price (shared with Gunnar Myrdal) 3

Intellectual legacy I: “The division of knowledge” "How can the combination of fragments of knowledge existing in different minds bring about results which, if they were to be brought about deliberately, would require a knowledge on the part of the directing mind which no single mind can possess? “ 4 F.A. Hayek 1937

Intellectual legacy I: “The division of knowledge” Knowledge about specific (place and time) economic conditions is dispersed among individuals. It can not be centralised (is often not even explicit, but a “tacit” skill). The use of this knowledge in society is only possible if individuals are free to use it and if it becomes expressed in changes of relative prices.  critique of central planning  critique of neoclassical models with “given knowledge” 5 F.A. Hayek 1937

Intellectual legacy II: “competition as a discovery procedure” “wherever the use of competition can be rationally justified, it is on the ground that we do not know in advance the facts that determine the actions of competitors … it would clearly be pointless to arrange for competition, if we were certain beforehand who would do best” … “competition as a procedure for the discovery of such facts as, without resort to it, would not be known to anyone, or at least would not be utilised”  critique of interventionism (presumption of knowledge)  critique of “perfect competition” benchmark 6 F.A. Hayek 1968

Intellectual / political legacy III: Open society a spontaneous order 7

Intellectual / political legacy III: The open society as spontaneous order Market economy is not an „oiconomia“ (household, organisation), but a „catallaxy“, (unplanned network of voluntary exchanges, spontaneous order of human interaction and not of human design). Based on „universalisable rules of just behaviour“ instead of specific commands. Serves unknown purposes of individuals instead of common goals. F.A. Hayek

Intellectual / political legacy III: The morals of the open society “The morals of the market do lead us to benefit others, not by our intending to do so, but by making us act in a manner which, nonetheless will have just that effect … Our ‘altruism’, in this new sense, is very different from instinctual altruism. No longer the end pursued but the rules observed make the action good or bad.” “Distributive justice makes sense only in the small group or organisation, where income is deliberately distributed. In a spontaneous order of catallaxy, there can be no (un)just distribution” F.A. Hayek

Political legacies 10 Deeply unfashionable then, commonplace today: Decline of socialism (Hayek 1935)√ Importance of “knowledge society”(Hayek 1937)√ Failure of Keynesian politics (Hayek 1941)√ Deeply unfashionable still today: Atavism of social justice (& welfare state; Hayek 1976; 1944)? Abolition of trade-unions (Hayek 1980)? De-nationalisation of money (Hayek 1976)?