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Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών

ΑΝΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ, ΑΓΟΡΑ, ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ. ΜΙΑ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΟΑΥΣΤΡΙΑΚΗΣ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΗΣ ΘΕΩΡΙΑΣ

Abstract

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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE "NEOAUSTRIAN" ECONOMIC THEORY. THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF THE NEOAUSTRIAN POSITIONS ON QUESTIONS LIKE THE THEORY OF COMPETITION AND KNOWLEDGE, THE CONCEPT OF "ENTERPRENEURSHIP", THE THEORY OF MONEY AND CAPITAL, THE THEORY OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE ETC., IT IS CLAIMED THAT THE CENTRAL IDEA OF NEOAUSTRIAN THEORY IS THAT OF THE "FUNDAMENTAL INDETERMINACY" OF ECONOMIC PHENOMENA. STARTING FROM THE METHODOLOGICAL PREMISES OF A MARXIAN PROBLEMATIC, THE THESIS AIMS AT A CRITIQUE OF THIS IDEA THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE DISTINCT CONCLUSIONS. THE FIRST HAS TO DO WITH THE QUESTION OF THE "OBJECTIVITY:" OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. IT IS CLAIMED THAT, DESPITE ITS EFFORTS, NEOAUSTRIAN THEORY DOES NOT SUCCEED IN CONVINCINGLY ESTABLISHING THE PERFECTLY SUBJECTIVE CHARACTEROF SOME CENTRAL THEORETICAL CATEGORIES (MONEY, CAPITAL ETC.). THE ECONOMIST-OBSERVER IS, THEREFORE, IN A POSITION TO ACQUIRE "OBJECTIVE" KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE NATURE OF THESE CONCEPTS AND, HENCE, ABOUT THE NATURE OF ECONOMIC PHENOMENA. THE SECOND CONCLUSION ADDRESSES THE "INDETERMINATE", ACCORDING TO THE NEOAUSTRIANS, CHARACTER OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS. IT IS CLAIMED THAT A TRULY "DYNAMIC" ECONOMIC THEORY MUST NECESSARILY START FROM THE IDEA OF REPRODUCTION. THE PERFECTLY SUBJECTIVE CHARACTER OF NEOAUSTRIAN THEORY IS, HOWEVER, TOTALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITHTHIS IDEA. THE THIRD CONCLUSION AIMS AT THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF NEOAUSTRIAN THEORY. IT IS CLAIMED THAT, INSTEAD OF PROMOTING REJECTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE, AND TO AN AUTHORITARIAN CONCEPTION OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS.

Degree

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Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών
Year dc:date
1990

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Ιωαννίδης, Σταύρος
  • Ioannides, Stavros

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1265
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oai:10442/1265

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citation

Ιωαννίδης, Σταύρος; Ioannides, Stavros. ΑΝΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΟΣ, ΑΓΟΡΑ, ΚΑΙ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ. ΜΙΑ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΤΗΣ ΝΕΟΑΥΣΤΡΙΑΚΗΣ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΗΣ ΘΕΩΡΙΑΣ. Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1265