Alfred Marshall’ın “Zaman Öğesi” ve İktisat Teorisinde Doğurduğu Sorunlar

Year 2023, Volume: 31 Issue: 58, 289 - 312, 26.10.2023

Mustafa Öziş

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2023.04.15

Abstract

Alfred Marshall anaakım iktisadi düşünce metinlerinde geri dönüşlü zaman ve mekanik yöntem kullanan neoklasik iktisadın kurucularından biri olarak gösterilir. İlgili literatür ise özellikle son otuz yılda giderek artan ölçüde “her şeyin var olduğu Marshall’da” geri dönüşsüz zaman anlayışının ve evrimci analizin kullanıldığını yeniden keşfetmektedir. Dönemindeki önemli etkisine rağmen, “zaman öğesi”ne ve bunun teori bakımından neden olduğunu düşündüğü sorunlara takipçileri tarafından yeterince önem verilmemiştir. Bu çalışmadaki amacımız, değer ve denge gibi iktisat teorisinin iki önemli sorunuyla doğrudan ilişkili olan bu konuyu tartışmaya açmaktır.

Keywords

Alfred Marshall, Zaman Öğesi, Değer Sorunu, İktisadi Denge, Biyolojik Analiz

Supporting Institution

Dr. Öğr. Üyesiyim bunun dışında bir destek söz konusu değildir.

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Alfred Marshall's “The Element of Time” and the Problems it Created in Economic Theory

Abstract

In mainstream texts of economic thought, Alfred Marshall is referred to one of the founders of neoclassical economics which uses reversible time concept and mechanical methodology. On the other hand, the relevant literature has rediscovered the use of irreversible time concepts and evolutionary analysis in Marshall, especially in the last thirty years. Despite his significant influence during his period and later, neither his pupils nor his followers paid enough attention to “the element of time” and the problems he thought they caused in the theory. This study aims to discuss this issue, which is directly related to two critical problems of economic theory such as value and equilibrium.

Keywords

Alfred Marshall, The Element of Time, Value Problem, Economic Equilibrium, Biological Analysis

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