Economics and Economic Order of Societies*
Departing from the distinction proposed by J. Buchanan between thinking in economics in terms of the theory of choice and analysis in categories of exchange and coordination, we claim that the Hayekian concept of economic order has a significant heuristic potential and can be fruitfully used to expl...
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| description | Departing from the distinction proposed by J. Buchanan between thinking in economics in terms of the theory of choice and analysis in categories of exchange and coordination, we claim that the Hayekian concept of economic order has a significant heuristic potential and can be fruitfully used to explain some important socio-economic phenomena. The goal of this paper is to confirm this claim through the application of the concept of economic order in the analysis of economic transformation and the discussion of the relation between economic order and moral norms. The paper is organised as follows. Section I contains introductory remarks. In section II, the two systems of economic thinking and reasoning: the theory of choice and analysis in categories of exchange and coordination are briefly presented. Section III contains a discussion of the concept of economic order, its origin, relation to the Freiburg School notion Ordo, and J. Buchanan’s perspective on the market and exchange. In section IV, two areas of the application of the concept of economic order are presented: a) systemic transformation as a change in formal and informal institutions, their subjective representation by economic agents and the complex economic order, b) a relation between economic order and moral norms. Conclusions are drawn in section V. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7c5b45ceff2a4371b15dff558c5850042025-08-20T02:52:42ZengUniversity of WarsawStudia i Materiały1733-97582021-01-012021115016010.7172/1733-9758.2021.34.11Economics and Economic Order of Societies*Zbigniew Hockuba0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-8384Faculty of Management, University of WarsawDeparting from the distinction proposed by J. Buchanan between thinking in economics in terms of the theory of choice and analysis in categories of exchange and coordination, we claim that the Hayekian concept of economic order has a significant heuristic potential and can be fruitfully used to explain some important socio-economic phenomena. The goal of this paper is to confirm this claim through the application of the concept of economic order in the analysis of economic transformation and the discussion of the relation between economic order and moral norms. The paper is organised as follows. Section I contains introductory remarks. In section II, the two systems of economic thinking and reasoning: the theory of choice and analysis in categories of exchange and coordination are briefly presented. Section III contains a discussion of the concept of economic order, its origin, relation to the Freiburg School notion Ordo, and J. Buchanan’s perspective on the market and exchange. In section IV, two areas of the application of the concept of economic order are presented: a) systemic transformation as a change in formal and informal institutions, their subjective representation by economic agents and the complex economic order, b) a relation between economic order and moral norms. Conclusions are drawn in section V.https://press.wz.uw.edu.pl/sim/vol2021/iss1/11/systems of economic thinkingtheory of choiceconcept of economic ordersystemic changeinstitutional scaffoldsmoral order |
| spellingShingle | Zbigniew Hockuba Economics and Economic Order of Societies* Studia i Materiały systems of economic thinking theory of choice concept of economic order systemic change institutional scaffolds moral order |
| title | Economics and Economic Order of Societies* |
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| title_fullStr | Economics and Economic Order of Societies* |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economics and Economic Order of Societies* |
| title_short | Economics and Economic Order of Societies* |
| title_sort | economics and economic order of societies |
| topic | systems of economic thinking theory of choice concept of economic order systemic change institutional scaffolds moral order |
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