As interpretações equivocadas de Rifkin sobre o custo marginal zero de produção da tecnologia da informação

a ideologia e a narrativa do fim do capitalismo

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

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Epistemologia, custo marginal de produção, ideologia, nova tecnologia

Resumo

Neste artigo, abordamos um tema epistemológico da relação entre ideias e realidade econômica. Rifkin defende que o custo marginal zero da tecnologia favorece o aparecimento de uma economia colaborativa que enfraquece a função do lucro das empresas. Argumentamos que Rifkin amputa retoricamente a função do custo de seus meios de valoração. Utilizando o método da "filosofia da linguagem comum", mostramos que o raciocínio de Rifkin se baseia em uma confusão: o uso simultâneo de dois jogos de linguagem distintos. Primeiro, a expressão econômica da valoração de custos; segundo, a mesma expressão reparada do cálculo, alimentando um discurso ideológico sobre o fim do capitalismo. Essa confusão levanta duas questões relacionadas: a dificuldade de entender a dinâmica dos fatores de produção gerada pelas novas tecnologias, e a negação das questões laborais reais.

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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. As interpretações equivocadas de Rifkin sobre o custo marginal zero de produção da tecnologia da informação: a ideologia e a narrativa do fim do capitalismo. MisesJournal [Internet]. 20º de dezembro de 2021 [citado 22º de julho de 2024];9. Disponível em: https://revistamises.org.br/misesjournal/article/view/1427