Critique of the conceptualizations of contemporary economic policy.

Abstract

THERE ARE TWO MAIN CONCEPTUAL CURRENTS IN THE EXPLANATION OF ECONOMIC POLICY, THE FIRST EMPHASIZES POLITICAL OVERDETERMINATION AND ITS ANALYSIS FOCUSES ON THE ROLE OF THE STATE, AND THE SECOND EMPHASIZES THE TECHNICAL-NATURAL CHARACTER OF ECONOMIC POLICY INSTRUMENTS, CONCEPTUALIZING IT AS A DERIVATION OF ECONOMIC THEORY.