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You can reform particular organizations - a university or a department - but you cannot reform education as a whole. Why? Because education is a spontaneous order.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 3:01 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The term "spontaneous order" was coined by the economist F.A. Hayek to describe the market economy. He meant that no one designed the world of market exchange; it developed spontaneously as people sought to achieve their goals by coordinating with others in ways that they discovered over time.
Published: Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 @ 8:30 am
By: John William Pope Center
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The Austrian economist and philosopher F.A. Hayek is probably best known for his argument that we are usually better off if we rely on the spontaneous order that emerges from peaceful human interactions than order that is coercively imposed by government officials.
Published: Sunday, March 31st, 2013 @ 5:42 pm
By: George Leef
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