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Théorie de la dynamique économique : une réévaluation de la tentative de Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2016

Philippe Dulbecco  and
Pierre Garrouste
Philippe Dulbecco
Affiliation:
CERDI, UMR N°6587 du CNRS et Université d'Auvergne Clermont
Pierre Garrouste
Affiliation:
ATOM et Université Lumière Lyon
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Résumé

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen est connu à la fois pour sa contribution essentielle à lanalyse économique traditionnelle et pour sa volonté de fonder une approche bioéconomique. En nous appuyant sur la Méthodologie des Programmes de Recherche Scientifique de Lakatos et sur la réconciliation quil propose entre « histoire interne » et « histoire externe » des sciences, nous tentons de réévaluer la tentative de Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen de fonder un nouveau programme de recherche. Nous concluons en montrant léchec de cette tentative.

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Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen is well-known, first because he importantly contributes to the so-called standard economics, and second because he undertakes to set up a bioeconomics. The Lakatosian Methodology of Scientific Research Program and his proposal to combine “internal” and “external” history of the growth of scientific knowledge help us to appraise the Nicholas Georgescu-Roegens will to build up a new Scientific Research Program. Our conclusion is a negative one.

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Nicholas Georgescu-Roegendynamique economiquehistoire des sciencesthermodynamiquetemps et incertitudeeconomie de la productionB3B4Nicholas Georgescu-Roegeneconomic dynamicshistory of sciencesthermodynamicstime and uncertaintyeconomics of productionB3B4
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Recherches Économiques de Louvain/ Louvain Economic Review , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , 2004 , pp. 5 - 29
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Copyright © Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de recherches économiques et sociales 2004 

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Université d'Auvergne Clermont 1, 65 Bd. François Mitterrand, 63000 Clermont Ferrand. E.mail: P.Dulbecco@cerdi.u-clermont1.fr

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ATOM, 106-112 Bd. de I'Hôpital, 75013 Paris. E.mail: galau@club-internet.fr

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