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Le temps, l'imagination, l'incertitude dans la théorie du professeur G. L. S. Shackle

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[fre] Si l'œuvre du Professeur G. L. S. Shackle n'a pas eu l'audience qu'elle mérite, la raison en est certainement que l'économie « orthodoxe » n'a pas voulu faire face aux questions qu'elle pose. Partant des conditions et procédures des choix économiques telles qu'elles sont étudiées dans le dernier livre du Prof. Shackle, l'article se propose d'en montrer la portée par l'examen des problèmes fondamentaux qui y sont posés et les conclusions en découlant logiquement — en particu­lier la subversion du rationalisme économique qui, en excluant à la fois le temps et l'imaginaire de l'homme, conduit au fatalisme du déterminisme absolu. Par ses implications (l'exemple capital de la théorie des profits est rapidement présenté), l'œuvre du Prof. Shackle montre qu'une autre Economie Politique est possible, moins « performante » sans doute puisqu'elle ne prétend plus à la prescience ni même à l'objectivité, mais plus réaliste, plus compréhensive, et plus humaine. [eng] Time, imagination, uncertainty,. In professor G. L. S. Shackle's theory. Philippe Beaughand. If Professer G.L.S. Shackle's work has not the audience it should have got, the reason certainly is that « orthodox » economces has not cared to face the important issues it raises. Beginning with conditions and processes of making economic choices, as studied by Prof. Shackle in his latest book, this article intends to show its significance by examining the fundamental problems it brings up and the conclusions logically reached — particularly the subversion of economic rationalism which, while excluding ail together time and man's imagination, leads to fatalism of total determinism. By its implications (as a paramount example thé theory of profits is rapidly exposed) Prof. Shackle's work shows that an other Political Economy is conceivable ; surely it gives fewer results, as it no more claims predictions nor objectivity, but its approach is more realistic, more comprehensive, and more human.

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  • Philippe Beaugrand, 1982. "Le temps, l'imagination, l'incertitude dans la théorie du professeur G. L. S. Shackle," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 33(2), pages 297-322.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1982_num_33_2_408653
    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1982.408653
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    1. G. C. Harcourt, 1993. "Notes on an Economic Querist: G. L. S. Shackle," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Post-Keynesian Essays in Biography, chapter 6, pages 83-91, Palgrave Macmillan.
    2. G. L. S. Shackle, 1933. "Some Notes on Monetary Theories of the Trade Cycle," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 27-38.
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