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Humans, technology and control: An essay based on the metalanguage of economic calculation

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The socialist economic calculation debate can work as a platform of communication between different traditions in economics to explore the dichotomy of technology-humans. Based on the metalanguage of the economic calculation as first systematized by Don Lavoie, I develop a triangular and complementary relationship between the mainstream neoclassical model, the Austrian school of economics and the Marxist Political Economy to minimize misunderstandings due to poor communication and to look for agreements that are usually disregarded. This paper draws attention to an important convergence between the antagonistic sides in the socialist economic calculation debate regarding the relationship between humans and technology and that the issue of control must be explicitly taken into account if any scientific advancement is to be made.

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  • Lopes, Tiago Camarinha, 2022. "Humans, technology and control: An essay based on the metalanguage of economic calculation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 204(C), pages 631-642.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:204:y:2022:i:c:p:631-642
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.10.041
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    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
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