La racionalidad económica en nueva perspectiva
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2002-08-01
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Chaves, Jorge Arturo
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Editorial Universidad Nacional
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Las amenazas a la vida en el planeta, los hechos que han “asaltado al dogma económico” (Daly y Cobb, 1993) tienen mucho que ver con una doble toma de conciencia en la sociedad contemporánea. La primera, sobre lo restringida y esterilizante que resulta una visión economicista para enfrentar los problemas que más preocupan al ser humano hoy: las heridas infligidas al ecosistema, el aumento de la pobreza y la desigualdad, y el crecimiento desproporcionado de la actividad humana en relación a las posibilidades de la biosfera.
La segunda, implicada en la anterior, la de darse cuenta que esa limitación está asociada al concepto de suyo estrecho y parcial de racionalidad económica. Enfrentamos aquí el problema del reduccionismo transmitido en el discurso y en la práctica misma de la disciplina económica que, sin embargo, no es exclusivo de ésta ni es atribuible sólo a deficiencias internas de los profesionales que la practican. Existe toda una larga tradición dentro de la cual se ha ido reduciendo de manera progresiva el concepto de razón humana y se ha ido produciendo ese concepto estrecho de racionalidad del que ahora la humanidad realiza esfuerzos por librarse.
The threats to life on the planet, the events that have “assaulted economic dogma” (Daly and Cobb, 1993) have a lot to do with a double awareness in contemporary society. The first, on how restricted and sterilizing an economistic vision is to face the problems that most concern human beings today: the wounds inflicted on the ecosystem, the increase in poverty and inequality, and the disproportionate growth of human activity in relation to the possibilities of the biosphere. The second, implied in the previous one, is to realize that this limitation is associated with the narrow and partial concept of economic rationality. Here we face the problem of reductionism transmitted in the discourse and practice of economic discipline, which, however, is not exclusive to it nor is it attributable only to internal deficiencies in the professionals who practice it. There is a long tradition within which the concept of human reason has been progressively reduced and this narrow concept of rationality has been produced, from which humanity is now making efforts to get rid of.
The threats to life on the planet, the events that have “assaulted economic dogma” (Daly and Cobb, 1993) have a lot to do with a double awareness in contemporary society. The first, on how restricted and sterilizing an economistic vision is to face the problems that most concern human beings today: the wounds inflicted on the ecosystem, the increase in poverty and inequality, and the disproportionate growth of human activity in relation to the possibilities of the biosphere. The second, implied in the previous one, is to realize that this limitation is associated with the narrow and partial concept of economic rationality. Here we face the problem of reductionism transmitted in the discourse and practice of economic discipline, which, however, is not exclusive to it nor is it attributable only to internal deficiencies in the professionals who practice it. There is a long tradition within which the concept of human reason has been progressively reduced and this narrow concept of rationality has been produced, from which humanity is now making efforts to get rid of.
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PROBLEMAS SOCIALES, ECONOMÍA, RACIONALISMO, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, ECONOMY, RATIONALISM