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Posztót borért. Töredékek egy "nem triviális, de igaz" közgazdasági doktrína történetéből
[Cloth for wine. Fragments from the history of a non-trivial but true" economic doctrine]

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A klasszikus közgazdaságtan egyik legfontosabb tétele szerint a nemzetközi kereskedelemben érvényesül a komparatív előnyök elve. Ezt a tételt többnyire Ricardónak szokták tulajdonítani, de a prioritás kérdése két évszázad óta viták tárgya. A 20. század második felében Robert Merton tudományszociológiája fogalmazta meg a "többszörös felfedezés" általános érvényűnek tekintett hipotézisét, amelyre néhányan a közgazdaságtan történetében is igyekeztek példákat találni, közéjük sorolva a komparatív előnyök elvét. Ricardo és kortársai (Robert Torrrens, Heinrich von Storch és egy névtelen angol pamfletíró) közel egy időben megjelent, a külkereskedelmi előnyöket elemző szövegeinek bemutatását követően a tanulmány a prioritási vita első szakaszát, Torrens és John Stuart Mill hullámzó vélekedéseit ismerteti. A következő rész a Ricardo példájában szereplő "négy bűvös szám" a 19. század végétől máig ívelő historiográfiáját tekinti át. Az elmélettörténészek vitájában a két alapnarratíva: a Torrens prioritási igényét elfogadó és a komparatív előnyök elméletének érdemi kidolgozását Ricardónak tulajdonító álláspont különböző változatai fogalmazódtak meg, de konszenzus nem született.

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  • Madarász, Aladár, 2024. "Posztót borért. Töredékek egy "nem triviális, de igaz" közgazdasági doktrína történetéből [Cloth for wine. Fragments from the history of a non-trivial but true" economic doctrine]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(4), pages 379-407.
    • Handle: RePEc:ksa:szemle:2179
    DOI: 10.18414/KSZ.2024.4.379
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