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La possibilité d'une économie décentralisée. Esquisse d'une alternative à la théorie de l'équilibre général

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[eng] The possibility of a decentralized economy. An alternative to the general equilibrium framework. . This article defends the view that the tatonnement assumption still plays a central role in general equilibrium theory, conceived as aiming at answering the question of the conditions of possibility of a decentralized economy. Adopting it, however, amounts to dodging the problem of coordinating private decisions. What is alleged to be a decentralized economy turns out to be a particular sort of planified System. The article examines the consequences of taking a completely different starting point, the « separation assumption », and compares the new approach resting on this assumption to general equilibrium theory. This comparison runs through the following themes : equilibrium, money, time, coordination, the labour market. [fre] La possibilité d'une économie décentralisée. Esquisse d'une alternative à la théorie de l'équilibre général. . L'article vise à montrer que l'hypothèse de tâtonnement continue à jouer un rôle central dans la théorie de l'équilibre général, conçue comme visant à résoudre le problème des conditions de possibilité d'une économie décentralisée. Son adoption aboutit cependant à éluder le problème de la coordination décisionnelle en transformant l'objet présumé de l'analyse - une économie décentralisée — en une modalité particulière d'économie planifiée. L'article examine les implications du choix d'une hypothèse initiale alternative qui prendrait le contre-pied du tâtonnement, la « séparation décisionnelle ». La théorie de l'équilibre général est alors comparée à l'approche alternative, fondée sur ce nouveau point de départ, en prenant comme repères les catégories théoriques de base suivantes : l'équilibre, la monnaie, le temps, l'ajustement, la place de marché du travail.

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  • Michel De Vroey, 1987. "La possibilité d'une économie décentralisée. Esquisse d'une alternative à la théorie de l'équilibre général," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 38(4), pages 773-806.
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    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1987.409002
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