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Les réactions françaises à la Théorie Générale (1936-1951) : la recherche d'une dynamique économique

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  • Richard Arena
  • Anna Maricic

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[fre] L'objet de l'article porte sur l'accueil reçu par la Théorie Générale chez les économistes français durant les quinze années qui ont suivi sa publication. Plus précisément, il s'agit de dégager les questions théoriques essentielles qu'a posées la lecture de cet ouvrage aux économistes français ainsi que les principales réponses que ceux-ci ont fournies. Un examen global de ces questions et de ces réponses fait apparaître un thème de réflexion prédominant et récursif durant toute cette époque : celui du statut temporel de la Théorie Générale. . Dans un premier temps, est alors envisagé l'ensemble du spectre des interprétations rencontrées et ordonnées par l'importance de l'apport reconnu à la Théorie Générale à la construction d'une dynamique économique ; dans cet ordre, la position théorique dont se réclament les auteurs (néo-classique, « classique », marxiste, keynésienne, écclectique, ...) joue évidemment un rôle important. . Dans un second temps, parmi les économistes qui attribuèrent à l'approche keynésienne au moins une capacité à être dynamisée, des critères plus fins peuvent être introduits, qui permettent de définir une distinction entre plusieurs formes possibles de dynamique économique dont le contenu est très contrasté. . Au bout du compte apparaissent les contours d'une véritable lecture « française » de la Théorie Générale, qui souligne l'intérêt de cet ouvrage dans la perspective de la construction d'une dynamique d'ensemble des économies occidentales développées. [eng] The paper deals with the reception of the General Theory among the French economists during the fifteen years which followed its publication. More precisely, the authors try to stress the main theoretical questions French economists raised in reading the General Theory and the main answers they offered. A general examination of these questions and answers leads to emphasize the predominant and recursive theme of General Theory's temporal framework. . The whole range of possible interpretations is first reviewed, according to the impact acknowledged to the General Theory from the viewpoint of its contribution to economic dynamics ; in this prospect, the theoretical origin of the authors (neo-classical, « classical », marxist, keynesian, ecclectic, ...) plays obviously an important part. . More accurate criteria are then introduced to provide a more thorough description of the attempts which considered that the keynesian approach could be at least developed in a dynamic perspective. According to this viewpoint, several possible types of economic dynamics are distinguished and their contrasted contents are characterized. . Finally, the distinctive features of a "French" reading of the General Theory are depicted ; they help to understand how the keynesian approach could be considered as a crucial contribution to economic dynamics.

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  • Richard Arena & Anna Maricic, 1988. "Les réactions françaises à la Théorie Générale (1936-1951) : la recherche d'une dynamique économique," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 14(1), pages 15-41.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_1988_num_14_1_1055
    DOI: 10.3406/cep.1988.1055
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