摘要: Caldwell (2001. Hodgson on Hayek: a critique, Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 25, 541--55) raises number criticisms Hodgson's (1993. Economics and Evolution: Bringing Life Back into Cambridge, UK Ann Arbor, MI, Polity Press University Michigan Press) analysis Hayek. This reply acknowledges the passages in The Constitution Liberty where Hayek discusses evolutionary ideas. It is also agreed that description secondary literature as 'methodological individualist' misleading or flawed. However, it argued Hayek's neglect Malthus remains real problematic. connected to underestimation scale Darwinian intellectual revolution. here Caldwell's attempt justify analytical assumption given individual unconvincing. Copyright 2004, Oxford Press.