Brian Loasby

Brian Loasby
Économiste
Dates	Né en 1930
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Origine	Royaume-Uni
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Brian Loasby, économiste britannique, né le 1er août 1930 à Kettering, Northants, est professeur émérité à l'université de Stirling au Royaume-Uni. Etudiant et influencé par George Shackle et par Edith Penrose, il a permis, également, le renouveau de la théorie de la firme par l'école autrichienne dès 1982.

Le principe unique de connexion

Brian Loasby s'est intéressé à savoir comment la coordination des différents individus sur le marché est possible. Il reprend l'analyse de Carl Menger qu'il différencie de celle d'Adam Smith. Pour l'auteur autrichien, les actions sont inscrites dans un plan. Pour accomplir celui-ci, il s'agit pour un individu isolé de définir les besoins à satisfaire et de rechercher comment accéder aux moyens pour réaliser cette satisfaction des besoins. Adam Smith, pour sa part voit la coordination au travers de l'échange et de la division du travail entre différents individus. Carl Menger, n'a pas une position méthodologique aprioriste faisant de l'être humain un être doté d'un penchant naturel pour l'échange. L'épistémologie de Carl Menger est metacognitive et épistémique. L'être humain n'est pas seulement doté de la sagesse, en l'occurrence la connaissance, mais il est aussi doté de la connaissance de la connaissance sur le contrôle des moyens d'accès à la satisfaction des besoins. La recherche d'information sur les accès possibles à la connaissance est une approche épistémique que Brian Loasby qualifie de "principe unique de connexion".

Publications

De 1967 à 1979

• 1967, Long-range formal planning in perspective, Journal of Management Studies, vol.4, n°2, p.300-308

• 1971, Hypothesis and Paradigm in the Theory of the Firm, Economic Journal, 81, pp863-885

• 1976, Choice, Complexity and Ignorance, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

• 1979, commentaire du livre de Terence W. Hutchison, Knowledge and Ignorance in Economics, The Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'Economique, Vol 12, n°1, Feb., pp122-124

De 1980 à 1989

• 1982,
  • a. "Economics of dispersed and incomplete knowledge", In: Israel Kirzner, dir., Method, "Process, and Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises", Ch 10, Lexington (Mass): Lexington Books, pp111-130
  • b. "The Entrepreneur in Economic Theory", Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 29(3), pp220–241

• 1983,
  • a. "G. L. S. Shackle as historian of economic thought", In: W. J. Samuels, dir., "Research in the history of economic thought and methodology", Volume 1, Greenwich, Conn.: J A I Press, pp209-221
    • Version révisée en 1989, In: Brian Loasby, dir., "The Mind and Method of the Economist: A Critical Appraisal of Major Economists in the 20th Century", Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar
  • b. "Knowledge, Learning and Enterprise", In: Jack Wiseman, dir., "Beyond Positive Economics?", British Association for the Advancement of Science, MacMillan, pp104-121

• 1984,
  • a. "George Lennox Sharman Shackle", Proceedings of the British Academy, 84, 1993 Lectures and memoirs, pp505-527
  • b. Professor Shackle's ‘To cope with time’: a discussion. In: Firms, organization and labour, F. H. Stephen, Dir., London: Macmillan, pp80-83
  • c. Entrepreneurs and organisation, Journal of Economic Studies, 11(2), pp75-88

• 1985, Profit, expectations and coherence in economic systems, Journal of Economic Studies, 12(1/2), pp21-33

• 1989,
  • a. The Mind and Method of the Economist: A Critical Appraisal of Major Economists in the 20th Century, Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar
  • b. "Social and Psychological Foundations of Economic Analysis", Economic Journal, September, 99 (397), pp879-881

De 1990 à 1999

• 1990, Firms, Markets, and the Principle of Continuity, In: John K. Whitaker, dir., Centenary Essays on Alfred Marshall, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

• 1991,
  • a. The Austrian school, In: D. Mair and A. Miller, dir., A modern guide to economic thought, Aldershot: Edward Elgar, pp40-70
  • b. Economics and Evolution. Manchester: Manchester University Press
  • c. "Efficient Institutions", Quaderni di Storia dell'Economia Politica, volIX, n°2-3

• 1992, “Market Co-ordination”, In: Bruce Caldwell et Stephan Boehm, dir., Austrian Economics: Tensions and New Directions. Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp137-56

• 1994,
  • a. Organisational capabilities and interfirm relations, Metroeconomica, vol. 45, no. 3, octobre, pp248-65
  • b. Evolution within equilibrium, Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol.1 pp31-47

• 1995, "Running a Business: An Appraisal of Economics, Organization, and Management by Paul Milgrom and John Roberts", Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol 4, pp471–489

• 1996,
  • a. The imagined, deemed possible, In: Behavioral norms, technological progress, and economic dynamics: studies in Schumpeterian economics, E. Helmstädter et M. Perlman, dir., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp17-31
  • b. The Division of Labour, History of Economic Ideas, 4, pp299-323

• 1998,
  • a. "Ludwig M Lachmann: Subjectivism in economics and the economy", In: Roger Koppl et Gary Mangiovi, dir., "Subjectivism in economic analysis: essays in memory of Ludwig Lachmann", London: Routledge, pp12-30
  • b. The organisation of capabilities, The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 35, pp139-160
  • c. “Coordination Failure: Economic Theory in the 1930s”, In: Philippe Fontaine et Albert Jolink, dir., Historical Perspectives on Macroeconomics: Sixty years after the General Theory. London: Routledge
  • d. avec Nicolai J. Foss, "Introduction: Capabilities and Coordination", In: Nicolai J. Foss, Brian Loasby, dir., "Economic Organization, Capabilities, and Coordination: Essays in Honour of George B. Richardson", London: Routledge, pp1-13
  • e. "The Concept of Capabilities", In: Nicolai J. Foss, Brian Loasby, dir., "Economic Organization, Capabilities, and Coordination: Essays in Honour of George B. Richardson", London: Routledge, pp163-182

• 1999,
  • a. "The significance of Penrose’s theory for the development of economics", Contributions to Political Economy, Vol 18, pp31-46
  • b. "Uncertainty, intelligence and imagination: George Shackle’s guide to human progress", In: J. Groenewegen, J. J. Vromen, dir., "Institutions and the evolution of capitalism: implications of evolutionary economics", Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp92-109
  • c. "Knowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics", London and New York: Routledge
  • d. “Edith T. Penrose’s Place in the Filiation of Economic Ideas”, Oeconomia, Vol 29, pp103–121

De 2000 à 2009

• 2000,
  • a. In the spirit of Shackle: a review of Donald W. Katzner, Time, ignorance and uncertainty in economic models, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 22 (3), 497-506
  • b. How do we know? In Economics as an art of thought: essays in memory of G. L. S. Shackle (ed. P. E. Earl and S.F. Frowen), 1-24. London and New York: Routledge
  • c. « Market institutions and economic evolution », Journal of Evolutionary Economics, vol 10, n°3, pp297-309

• 2001,
  • a. Time, knowledge and evolutionary dynamics: why connections matter. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 11 (4), pp393-412
  • b. Forum ‘knowledge, evolution and the theory of the firm – introduction. Journal of Management and Governance, 5 (3-4), pp275-285
  • c. Organisations as interpretative systems, Revue d’Économie Industrielle, 97 (4ème trimestre), pp17-34
  • d. Cognition, imagination, and institutions in demand creation, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol 11, pp7–21

• 2002,
  • a. Explaining Firms, In: Nicolai J. Foss et Peter G. Klein, Dir., Entrepreneurship and the Firm: Austrian Perspectives on Economic Organization, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
  • b. The Evolution of Knowledge: Beyond the Biological Model. Research Policy 31(8-9): 1227-39
  • c. Decision Premises, Institutions and Organisation, Economie et Institutions, n°1, 2e semestre, pp145-166

• 2003,
  • a. Cognitivism and Innovation in Economics, conférence donnée à l'université de Milano-Bicocca et à l'université Bocconi le 13 et 14 octobre 2003
  • b. "‘Closed Models and Open Systems’", Journal of Economic Methodology, 10 (3), pp285-306

• 2004,
  • a. Hayek's theory of the mind, In: Roger Koppl, dir., Evolutionary psychology and economic theory: Advances in Austrian economics, Vol 7, pp101-134
  • b. Economics after Simon, In: M. Augier et James G. March, dir., Models of a Man: Essays in Memory of Herbert A. Simon. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA and London, pp259-278

• 2005, Making Connections, Econ Journal Watch, Volume 2, Number 1, April, Symposium on Information and Knowledge in Economics, pp56-65

• 2007,
  • a. A Cognitive Perspective on Entrepreneurship and the Firm, Journal of Management Studies, Vol 44, n°7, pp1078-1106, novembre
  • b. The ubiquity of organization, Organization Studies, Vol 28, pp1729–1759
  • c. Commentaire du livre d'Arnold Heertje, "Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism", Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol 29, n°4, pp511-514
  • d. "Uncertainty, intelligence and imagination: George Shackle’s guide to human progress", In: Geoffrey M. Hodgson, dir., "The Evolution of Economic Institutions. A Critical Reader", Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA, pp183-197

• 2009,
  • a. "Hayek’s challenge to economists", NOMOI, Año 2, n°1, Mars, pp23-25
  • b. "Knowledge, coordination and the firm: Historical perspectives", European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol 16, pp539–58

Depuis 2010

• 2011, "Human Capital, Entrepreneurship and the Theory of the Firm", In: Alan Burton-Jones, JC Spender et Gary Becker, dir., The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital, Ch 9, Oxford University Press

• 2012, "Edith Penrose and George Richardson", In: Michael Dietrich, Jackie Krafft, dir., "Handbook on the Economics and Theory of the Firm", Edward Elgar Publishing

Litterature secondaire

• 1977, Lawrence White, "Loasby explores radical uncertainty", Austrian Economics Newsletter, Vol 1, n°1, Autumn, p3

• 1982, Roger Garrison, Austrian Economics as the Middle Ground: Comment on Loasby”, In: Israel Kirzner, dir., Method, Process, and Austrian Economics: Essays in Honor of Ludwig von Mises, Ch 11, Lexington (Mass): Lexington Books, pp131-138

• 1999, Sheila C. Dow et Peter E. Earl, dir., Economic Organization and economic knowledge: Essays in honor of Brian J. Loasby, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar

Liens externes

• "The Innovative Mind", papier préparé par Brian Loasby pour la conférence d'été du DRUID en juin 2003
  

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