Fans of Friedrich von Hayek may be surprised to learn that the Austrian economist is the talk of Occupy London. Hayek’s observation that distributed intelligence in a voluntary co-operative is a hallmark of real economy rings true beneath the bells of St Paul’s. Occupy is often criticised for not having a single message but that misses the point: we are committed to incorporating different preferences before coming up with policies. In this sense, it could be said we work more like a market than the corporate boardroom or lobbyist-loaded politics – our ideas are radical but also just and democratically decided.
弗雷德里希•馮•海耶克(Friedrich von Hayek)的擁躉也許會對一件事情感到驚訝，那就是，正是這位奧地利經濟學家激勵著「佔領倫敦」(Occupy London)運動。海耶克當年的話——真實經濟的標誌是在一個自願結成的合作體內分配才智——在聖保羅大教堂(St Paul's)外抗議者的帳篷裏找到了知音。「佔領」運動常常被批評爲沒有明確單一的訴求，但這個批評沒有說到點子上：我們在提出任何政策提議之前，都必須把各種不同偏好都考慮在內。從這個意義上講，可以說，我們的運動更像一種市場行爲，而不像企業董事會開會，或者充斥著遊說活動的政治活動——我們的想法雖然激進，但是是正義的，是民主協商的結果。