Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“Many years ago I heard a talk by Hayek on the difference between an organization and a self-generating order. An organization has purposes and acts to achieve them. A self-generating order acts as a result of some internal logic but has no objective it is acting to achieve. It may, very likely will, act in ways that fit no objective any of the individual actors who make it up desire. … The Democratic Party has the form of an organization but is more like a market. Democratic politicians are not employees acting on orders from a superior but individuals acting for their own objectives.” (11/04/24)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/friederich-hayek-and-will-rogers