The reswitching of techniques and its epistemological implications: a deepening of criticism

O reswitching das técnicas e suas implicações epistemológicas: um aprofundamento da crítica

ABSTRACT

This paper aims (a) to explain the mechanisms from which the problem of reswitching of techniques is formulated and (b) to analyze the implications with regard to the general architecture of neoclassical macroeconomics. I will show how these elements allow refuting the neoclassical theory of income distribution, and why they translate into structural instability. In the first part, I will explain the mechanisms that correspond to the problem of reswitching of techniques; in the second part, I will study the implications linked to the reswitching, with regard to the determinants of income distribution and the equilibrium stability.

KEYWORDS:
Reswitching of techniques; rent distribution; structural instability