Complexity and the Austrians

  • Fabio Barbieri Universidad de San Pablo

Resumen

This article examines the similarities between the Austrian research program and the complexity approach in economics. We argue that the Austrians, especially Hayek, anticipated many topics addressed by the complexity approach. Besides investigating the extent to which complexity themes arise in the Austrian theories, we discuss the methodological reasons for the affinity between the two theoretical traditions. After arguing that computational models could assist in resolving a dispute in the modern Austrian market process theory, we conclude the article with a Hayekian critique of certain aspects of the lock-in models developed by the complexity tradition.

Biografía del autor/a

Fabio Barbieri, Universidad de San Pablo
Fábio Barbieri es graduado en administración pública de la Fundación Getúlio Vargas  (San Pablo), y doctor en Teoría Económica de la Facultad de Economía y Administración de la Universidad de San Pablo. Es profesor de economía de la Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade (FEA) de Ribeirão Preto-USP. Entre sus trabajos más recientes se destacan O Ressurgimento da Escola Austríaca e a Teoria de Processo de Mercado, Econômica, Rio de Janeiro, v. 10, n. 2, p. 215-235, 2008 y A Teoria austriaca do intervencionismo, 2012, III Conferencia de Escola Austriaca del Instituto Mises Brasil.
Publicado
2013-07-15
Cómo citar
Barbieri, F. (2013). Complexity and the Austrians. Filosofía De La Economía, 1(1), pp. 47-70. Recuperado a partir de https://ojs.econ.uba.ar/index.php/CIECE/article/view/492
Sección
Artículos académicos