Question 25 / 96:  Explain what economist Friedrich Hayek meant when he used the

term "spontaneous order" in reference to the origin of money.

Answer: 

Hayek meant that nobody planned the creation of money; it just

happened naturally as the outgrowth of individuals trying to better

themselves. Even so, money is a very useful institution that allows

modern economies to work.

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Hayek meant that nobody invented money

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Attribution:  Dr. Robert P. Murphy, Lessons for the Young Economist. (Mises Institute), http://mises.org/document/6215/Lessons-for-the-Young-Economist (Accessed 04 April, 2014). License: Creative Commons BY
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