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Innovation and National State in the History of Economic Thought: Marx, Schumpeter and neo-Schumpeterians in retrospective
[Innovación y Estado Nacional en la Historia del pensamiento económico: Marx, Schumpeter y los neo-schumpeterianos en retrospectiva]

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  • Pablo Benchimol

    (Becario doctoral CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas); Docente de Historia del Pensamiento Económico UBA (Universidad de Buenos Aires) y UNLaM (Universidad Nacional de La Matanza); Investigador del CEPLAD (Centro de Estudios para la Planificación del Desarrollo), UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.)

Abstract

Innovation is a fundamental concept in the history of economic thought. Indeed, Marx tried to find the conceptual thread that explained not only the law that governed the movement of innovations in the capitalist system, but also the development of the productive forces regardless of their historical epoch. Schumpeter represented a sudden fork in this theoretical path by rejecting those undertakings that intended to establish general universal laws. This turning point would pave the way for a neo-Schumpeterian evolutionary approach in which scholars sought to continue the legacy of their mentor in the descriptive deepening of the phenomenon and in the discussion of the role of the state within this framework. In the present article, we explore the transformation of the concept of innovation and the manner in which it has been connected with the notion of the national state by reconstructing the advances and setbacks in this process.

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  • Pablo Benchimol, 2019. "Innovation and National State in the History of Economic Thought: Marx, Schumpeter and neo-Schumpeterians in retrospective [Innovación y Estado Nacional en la Historia del pensamiento económico: Ma," Iberian Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Dpto. Historia e Instituciones Económicas I., vol. 6(2), pages 103-114.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucm:ijohet:v:6:y:2019:i:2:p:103-114
    DOI: 10.5209/ijhe.66191
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    Keywords

    Innovation; National State; History of Economic Thought; Marx; Schumpeterian and evolutionary approach.;
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    JEL classification:

    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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