O camiño á complexidadepor que a economía debería seguir á física

  1. Varela Cabo, Luis Miguel
  2. Ricoy Riego, Carlos
Revista:
Revista galega de economía: Publicación Interdisciplinar da Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais

ISSN: 1132-2799

Ano de publicación: 2012

Volume: 21

Número: 1

Páxinas: 243-278

Tipo: Artigo

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Resumo

Na presente contribución mostraremos que a dirección dominante da economía contemporánea, tras o seu desenvolvemento inicial no marco conceptual e analítico da física clásica do século XIX, segue ancorada no seu “core” conceptual –a teoría neoclásica de equilibrio xeral–, ignorando a evolución da propia física ao longo do século XX cara ao tratamento de sistemas complexos, e aínda a natureza mesma do seu obxecto de coñecemento. Para isto, e logo de resumir brevemente o formalismo da física clásica e a formulación da propia economía neoclásica, analizaremos a evolución de ambas as dúas disciplinas ao longo do pasado século, con atención particular ao desenvolvemento da termodinámica desde o seu formalismo de equilibrio ata o concepto de estruturas disipativas da termodinámica non lineal. Finalmente, apuntamos unha serie de liñas nas que, ao noso xuízo, debe realizarse a adaptación da economía á física contemporánea, con todas as súas consecuencias

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