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Evolutionary and Institutional Economic Analysis of the Scarcity Concept in Modern Economics

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This is an attempt to rationalise a fundamental category of modern neoclassical economics from a critical point of view using the tools of the modern institutional and evolutionary economic analysis. The scarcity concept of economic goods has been critically analysed in an evolutionary and biological context, as well as in general social and specific market context. A possible answer regarding its specific presence in the neoclassical economics has been suggested, as well as with regard to the absence of institutional projection within the analysis of the same theoretical doctrine.

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  • Plamen Tchipev, 2006. "Evolutionary and Institutional Economic Analysis of the Scarcity Concept in Modern Economics," Economic Thought journal, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Economic Research Institute, issue 3, pages 44-58.
    • Handle: RePEc:bas:econth:y:2006:i:3:p:44-58
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    JEL classification:

    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact

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