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Economic Modeling and Social Conflict: 1 — The Fiscal Multiplier

In: Keynesianism, Social Conflict and Political Economy

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  • Massimo Angelis

    (University of East London)

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If there is a correspondence between class relations and economic theory, are we able to see it? Can economic models reveal their class nature to the critical eye? Can economic modeling reveal its nature as a set of conceptual devices that represent class relations in a mystified way, and therefore help strategies for the enforcement of capitalist accumulation vis-à-vis various social patterns of resistance?1 The difficulty resides in the fact that by its very nature economic modeling presents itself as a technical discourse. A “technical discourse” is one that is apparently free of value judgments about the object of investigation. The fetish-like character of technicism lies in the way it abstracts from the social nature of its object of inquiry, from the fact that capitalist society is pervaded with clashing oppositions. It is only through this abstraction, it is only by “forgetting” the character of the social roots of our condition, that one can claim to be able to embrace objectivity and impartiality in an economic discourse.

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  • Massimo Angelis, 2000. "Economic Modeling and Social Conflict: 1 — The Fiscal Multiplier," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Keynesianism, Social Conflict and Political Economy, chapter 9, pages 112-134, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-333-97749-1_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9780333977491_9
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