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Original Research Articles

Vol. 8 (2020): Yearly Continuous Publication

New contributions to the entrepreneurial theory of social and cultural change

DOI
https://doi.org/10.30800/mises.2020.v8.1269
Submitted
January 5, 2020
Published
2020-05-17

Abstract

This paper combines the theoretical framework developed by Coyne and Boettke (2009) about an entrepreneurial theory of social and cultural change, with the contributions of Huerta de Soto (2010) about the impossibility of economic calculation in socialism. With this synthesis, the entrepreneurial theory of social and cultural change is reinforced to (1) refute any political action aimed to achieve social and cultural changes, and (2) to claim the entrepreneur as the driving force of all social phenomena. The paper concludes that, as in the market sphere, the government cannot effectively implement policies oriented to social and cultural change, since it cannot acquire the knowledge necessary to plan society and social relationships.

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