No doubt markets transmit information in the way that Hayek claimed. But what reason is there to believe that – unlike any other social institution – they have a built-in capacity to correct their mistakes? History hardly supports the supposition. Moods of irrational exuberance and panic can, and often do, swamp the price-discovery functions of markets.


The Friedrich Hayek I knew, and what he got right - and wrong (2015)


No doubt markets transmit information in the way that Hayek claimed. But what reason is there to believe that – unlike any other social institution ...

No doubt markets transmit information in the way that Hayek claimed. But what reason is there to believe that – unlike any other social institution ...

No doubt markets transmit information in the way that Hayek claimed. But what reason is there to believe that – unlike any other social institution ...

No doubt markets transmit information in the way that Hayek claimed. But what reason is there to believe that – unlike any other social institution ...