Superstition and Self-Governance
Peter T. Leeson|Paola Suárez
This paper investigates the relationship between superstition and self-governance. We argue that at least some superstitions, perhaps many, support self-governing arrangements. The such scientifically false beliefs private institutions is symbiotic socially productive. simple but overlooked observation may help explain emergence otherwise puzzling persistence of both superstitions “spontaneous” orders seem perverse or dysfunctional, as well why these two phenomena are often found together.
Advances in Austrian Economics