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

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 21

Número: 1

Páginas: 243-278

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

En la presente contribución mostraremos que la dirección dominante de la Economía contemporánea, tras su desarrollo inicial en el marco conceptual y analítico de la física clásica del siglo XIX, sigue anclada en su “core” conceptual –la teoría neoclásica de equilibrio general–, ignorando la evolución de la propia física a lo largo del siglo XX hacia el tratamiento de sistemas complejos, y aún la naturaleza misma de su objeto de conocimiento. Para ello, tras resumir brevemente el formalismo de la física clásica y la formulación de la propia economía neoclásica, analizaremos la evolución de ambas disciplinas a lo largo del pasado siglo, con atención particular al desarrollo de la termodinámica desde su formalismo de equilibrio hasta el concepto de estructuras disipativas de la termodinámica no lineal. Finalmente, apuntamos una serie de líneas en las que, a nuestro juicio, debe realizarse la adaptación de la economía a la física contemporánea, con todas sus consecuencias

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