La Teoría Del Consumo Y De Los Ciclos En Thorstein Veblen (Consumption and Cycles Theory in Thorstein Veblen)

Abstract

Este artículo hace una lectura crítica de las principales interpretaciones modernas de los escritos económicos de Aristóteles. Primero revisa el debate entre las corrientes “primitivista” y “modernista”, encabezado por Rodbertus, Bücher y Meyer. Luego presenta y comenta los puntos de vista de Karl Marx, Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi y Moses Finley, los comentaristas más célebres de legado económico aristotélico.

Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) is one of the founders of American institutional economics. This paper aims to make a presentation of his theory of consumption and his theory of business cycles and crises, through an analytical reading of his works: 'The Theory of the Leisure Class' and 'The Theory of Business Enterprise'. In order to complete this analysis, we also make a general presentation of the author's thought and a brief systematization of his critique of orthodox economic thought.

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Keywords: Thorstein Veblen, institutionalism, consumption, economic cycles, leisure class, business enterprise

JEL Classification: B15, B30