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Machiavelli before Pareto: Foxes, Lions and the Social Equilibrium as a result of a Non-logical Actions
[Machiavel avant Pareto: Renards, Lions et Équilibre social comme résultat d'actions non-logiques]

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  • Ludovic Ragni

    (COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019), GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Claire Baldin

    (COMUE UCA - COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019), CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur)

Abstract

This article examines the way Pareto addresses the dynamic of social equilibrium and the evolution of economic institutions based on the principle of rupture of the Machiavellian Moment. In the first part, we analyse why and how Pareto's categories (residues, derivation, interests and social heterogeneity, logical actions and non-logical actions) borrow from those of Machiavelli (virtù, fortuna, corruption and ordine), to define various forms of Machiavellian Moment. In the second part, we show that this borrowing allows Pareto to explain: (i) the evolution of political equilibriums, from the distinction the author makes between "Maximum of utility FOR a community in sociology" and "Maximum of ophelimity FOR a community in political economy"; and (ii) the alternative between free trade and protectionism.

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  • Ludovic Ragni & Claire Baldin, 2019. "Machiavelli before Pareto: Foxes, Lions and the Social Equilibrium as a result of a Non-logical Actions [Machiavel avant Pareto: Renards, Lions et Équilibre social comme résultat d'actions non-logi," Post-Print halshs-01708579, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01708579
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