And we, we must still defeat his shadow as well! – Friedrich NietzscheĪccording to Friedrich Hayek, the spontaneous order of the market should not be identified with an “economy.” In contrast to the ancient Greek management of the household ( oikonomia), markets do not require a sovereign father-figure to force order on others. God is dead but given the way people are, there may still for millennia be caves in which they show his shadow.