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[Ensayo] Liberalismo e instituciones: Douglass North y la economía neoclásica

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Este ensayo es un intento de comprender los aportes y debilidades de la economía institucional de Douglass North y la forma como esta se relaciona con los postulados básicos del liberalismo y la economía neoclásica. Se examina la teoría de la sociedad propuesta por el liberalismo y, de una parte, la forma como resuelve los problemas de coordinación y cohesión social en una economía de mercado donde se preservan las libertades individuales y, de otra, su relación con los postulados del paradigma neoclásico. Se concluye que, en la teoría de North, se encuentran los elementos para construir una teoría general de las instituciones pero que su análisis se encuentra limitado porque lo incorpora a un marco neoclásico. La razón es que North no desarrolla una teoría del valor alterna. No obstante, su propuesta teórica lleva a reconsiderar los postulados liberales, al tiempo que enriquece el debate económico pues permite tener una visión más amplia de los fenómenos sociales, políticos y económicos.

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  • Ricardo Kerguelén Méndez, 2016. "[Ensayo] Liberalismo e instituciones: Douglass North y la economía neoclásica," Revista Economía y Región, Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar, vol. 10(1), pages 249-290, June.
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    Keywords

    Economía institucional; economía neoclásica; liberalismo; Douglass North;
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    JEL classification:

    • B13 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Neoclassical through 1925 (Austrian, Marshallian, Walrasian, Wicksellian)
    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School

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