In 1974, the Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek won the Nobel Prize for economics. In his book New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Hayek describes man’s evolution from primitive, tribal society to modern capitalism. Specifically, Hayek observes that: The great advance which made possible the development of civilisation and ultimately of the Open Society was the gradual substitution of abstract rules of conduct for specific obligatory ends, and with it the playing of a game for acting in concert under common indicators, thus fostering a spontaneous order. (p. 60) In other words, men advanced from cavemen led by an alpha … Continue reading Feminists in the Stone Age