Markets and Metis
Reading Hayek with Scott
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6251935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Reamer (0000-0003-3371-2429, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 162-182 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913811.2024.2354648 |
| OpenAlex | W4399433482 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Both James C. Scott and Friedrich Hayek articulate critiques of centralised state planning that are fundamentally epistemological in character. In particular, both emphasize the loss of knowledge resulting from attempts to achieve synoptic legibility of complex social practices. Yet while Hayek's critique of central planning leads to an emphasis on the indispensability of the price system, Scott argues that capitalist markets are also mechanisms of perverse simplification. This paper explores the roots of this disagreement and seeks to articulate the insights that emerge from reading Hayek and Scott together on questions of markets, knowledge, and the state
Economics · Law and economics · Linguistics · Metis · Positive economics · Reading (process · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
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Losing Touch
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The Road to Serfdom
Hayek's Two Epistemologies and the Paradoxes of His Thought
Democracy and the Epistemic Limits of Markets
Hayek, Social Theory, and the Contrastive Explanation of Socio-Economic Order
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Seeing Like a State
| Highly cited | No |
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