Abstract

FERRER RAMIREZ, Salvador. LA ASIMETRÍA EN LOS ESQUEMAS DE REPRODUCCIÓN DE MARX. Cuad. Econ. [online]. 2009, vol.28, n.51, pp.1-15. ISSN 0121-4772.

This article analyzes the role of the asymmetry hypothesis in Marx´s reproduction schemes. We assume a propensity of capitalists for endogenous and uniform saving, and study its effect on the result found by Marx. Afterward, the dynamic relationship between the organic composition of capital and the proportions between branches are examined. We conclude that expanded reproduction is only possible when the organic composition of capital is uniform; in any other case the system tends toward contraction or toward an economically impossible situation, given that it implies a propensity to save greater than one.

Keywords : asymmetry; expanded reproduction; propensity to save; Marx.

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