Reseñando algunos líos de las supuestas «ciencias económicas»

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John Cajas-Guijarro
Kathia Pinzón Venegas
Bryan Pérez Almeida

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¿Es la economía una ciencia? Probablemente no todavía. Con el objetivo de defender tal hipótesis, este artículo reseña algunos líos de las «ciencias económicas», como las diferencias entre una ortodoxia «científica» (pero, en realidad, reduccionista), y una heterodoxia «holista» (pero sin una síntesis que supere la negación de una ortodoxia indiferente), que mantienen a la economía dominada por mitos. Asimismo, se revisan algunos problemas de la noción ortodoxa de racionalidad: una concepción suprahumana del individuo que simplifica —en extremo— su representación matemática. Tales problemas dejan un agrio sabor a quien estudia «ciencias económicas» para realmente entender la realidad social.

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Cajas-Guijarro, J., Pinzón Venegas, K., & Pérez Almeida, B. (2020). Reseñando algunos líos de las supuestas «ciencias económicas». Revista Economía, 71(113), 75–90. https://doi.org/10.29166/economia.v71i113.2091
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