Where did Hayek use that metaphor?  Also, I discussed the overlap between H*yek and
Marx before in my Marx book, but the overlap I emphasized was in the relationship
between crises and problems in coordination via the market.

Rakesh Bhandari wrote:

>
> The theoretical point here is--to use Hayek's metaphor--that the
> continuous flow of the river of investment can vary independently of
> the level of the tide (sales of final goods) at the mouth. The upper
> reaches of the volume of water is affected by the immediate flow of
> the tributaries to the maintstream (variations in new and replacement
> technology). In any given period there is no obvious correspondence
> bttween changes in the upper reaches and the sale of final goods; nor
> between the sale of final goods and employment. Moreover, as Marx
> first and Hayek later recognized, it is generally the case that in a
> slump the revival of final demand is an effect rather than a cause of
> revival in the upper reaches of the stream of production.
>
>

> There is also the question of the possible overlap in the
> Perelman-Brenner critique of Keynesianism and the Hayekian one!
>
> Rakesh

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