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HAYEK’S POLITICAL ECONOMY: ITS RELEVANCE FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES

HAYEK’S POLITICAL ECONOMY: ITS RELEVANCE FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES. Shankaran Nambiar, Senior Research Fellow and Head, Policy Studies Division Malaysian Institute of Economic Research Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian Institute of Economic Research.

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HAYEK’S POLITICAL ECONOMY: ITS RELEVANCE FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES

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  1. HAYEK’S POLITICAL ECONOMY: ITS RELEVANCE FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES Shankaran Nambiar, Senior Research Fellow and Head, Policy Studies Division Malaysian Institute of Economic Research Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Economic Research

  2. Hayek’s central problem in economics: coordination How does spontaneous order emerge? Issue at hand: Millions of different individuals, incomplete knowledge Private property is the cornerstone of an economy. Private production necessary, otherwise there’ll be no market for production A market necessary for means of production, failing which there’ll be no prices Without prices, there’ll be no measure of the scarcity of capital goods and a way of calculating alternative uses of capital goods Problem of Order

  3. Problems with planning: Planning requires that government officials have discretionary power that go beyond formal rules Planning needs high level of agreement that democracy may not be able to deliver Widespread agreement lays foundation for dictatorship Planning leads to officials intervening to correct past failures, causing a “slippery slope” syndrome Order

  4. Constituents of a ‘good’ economy: Respect for private property Rule of law Stable monetary order If Not Planning, Then What?

  5. General rules important They should be predictable, known by all and meted out irrespective of title or position. This allows individuals to learn and adapt their behaviour in a manner that coordinates their activities with others. General welfare should be the objective of government; not specific goals of individuals. Discriminatory laws damage rules of just conduct. Then What?

  6. Social justice should not mean specific distributional outcomes or particular distributions of resources. Specific distributions would require intervention, which will result in political decisions that will alter the rules of the economic game. Liberal economics as much concerned with poverty as socialists. (Or, at least they should be!). Liberal economists believe in the power of the market to achieve this rather than interventionism and planning. Social Justice

  7. Dispersed knowledge used in making decisions. Economic process as one of expectations, decisions, realizations and realignment. Neoclassical economics gives undue emphasis to equilibrium while ignoring the process of discovery. Not Neoclassical Economics

  8. To summarise, main points of Hayek’s economics: Coordination Dispersed knowledge Liberal institutions, rule of law Conclusion

  9. Thank you

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