Las interpretaciones equivocadas de Rifkin sobre costo marginal cero de producción de tecnología de la información

la ideología y la narrativa de la desaparición del capitalismo

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30800/mises.2021.v9.1427

Palabras clave:

Epistemología, costo marginal de producción, ideología, nueva tecnologia

Resumen

En este trabajo abordamos un tema epistemológico de la relación entre ideas y realidad económica. Rifkin sostiene que el costo marginal cero de la tecnología favorece la aparición de una economía colaborativa que debilita la función de ganancias de las empresas. Sostenemos que Rifkin amputa retóricamente la función de costo de sus medios de valoración. Con la utilización del método de "filosofía del lenguaje ordinario", mostramos que el razonamiento de Rifkin se basa en una confusión: el uso de dos juegos de lenguaje distintos simultáneamente. Primero, la expresión económica de la valoración del costo; segundo, la misma expresión truncada de su cálculo, alimentando un discurso ideológico sobre la desaparición del capitalismo. Esa confusión trae dos cuestiones relacionadas: la dificultad de comprender la dinámica de los factores productivos que traen las nuevas tecnologías y el despido de las cuestiones laborales reales.

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Philippe Rouchy, Blekinge Institute of Technology - Blekinge - Sweden

Senior assistant professor at the department of industrial economics at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden. I graduated with a PhD in sociology both from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France and the University of Manchester, UK. My research interests lie in the positive externalities of innovation. Notably, I develop research on increasing returns on technological change (ex. diffusion of new technology), human capital effect on innovation (i.e. user innovation, the role of invention vs. innovation, knowledge worker) and their effects on growth.

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2021-12-20

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Rouchy P. Las interpretaciones equivocadas de Rifkin sobre costo marginal cero de producción de tecnología de la información: la ideología y la narrativa de la desaparición del capitalismo. MisesJournal [Internet]. 20 de diciembre de 2021 [citado 22 de julio de 2024];9. Disponible en: https://revistamises.org.br/misesjournal/article/view/1427