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Democracia e sociedade de mercado: um ensaio sobre as ideias comparadas de Milton Friedman e Karl Polanyi

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  • Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

  • Hélio Afonso de Aguilar-Filho

    (Departamento de Economia e Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)

Abstract

This paper discusses the views of Milton Friedman and Karl Polanyi on the relationship between economy and democracy. The goal is to seek a counterpoint to Friedman's assertion that the market economy is the only form of organization compatible with democracy. This is not, however, an exercise in social engineering, which seeks to combine economic organization and appropriate government forms, but to show that Friedman's conclusions are wrong because they are based in a fallacious conception of the relationship between the economy, the market and society. In other words, its economic liberalism incurs in of logical and conceptual errors alluded to by Polanyi, namely, reduces the scope of the economic to market phenomena and / or extends the domain of economic phenomena as to encompass other social phenomena.

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  • Alexandre Rodrigues da Silva & Hélio Afonso de Aguilar-Filho, 2019. "Democracia e sociedade de mercado: um ensaio sobre as ideias comparadas de Milton Friedman e Karl Polanyi," REOESTE - Revista de Economia do Centro-Oeste, Nepec - Curso de Ciencias Economicas da Universidade Federal de Goias - FACE, vol. 5(2), pages 24-37.
    • Handle: RePEc:ufb:rpaper:v:5:y:2019:i:2:p:24-37
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    Keywords

    Karl Polanyi; Milton Friedman; Democracy; Market; Freedom;
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    JEL classification:

    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • N00 - Economic History - - General - - - General
    • P50 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems - - - General

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