Counterpoint Between Schumpeter's Democratic Method and Veblen's Thought For A Welfare State

Contraponto entre o método democrático de Schumpeter e o pensamento de Veblen para um Estado de bem-estar social

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https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v46i88.99780

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The paper seeks to build a trilateral counterpoint among the typologies of the welfare state, Schumpeter's democratic method, and Veblen's thought. After a detailed presentation of these three thematic axes in the scenario of "Schumpeterian" democracy, characterized by a market-like competition for votes, as well as the social mechanisms elaborated by Veblen (leisure class, emulation, vested interests, and sabotage), connections were established with the typologies of the welfare state presented by Fiori (1997). These connections point towards a conservative and corporatist Welfare State, indicating a tendency of Schumpeter's democratic method to, through public policies, promote the maintenance of the predatory habits of the leisure class and social inequality.

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Oz Solon Chovghi Iazdi, Universidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul

Universidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul

Rafael Medeiros Correia, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Jonattan Rodriguez Castelli, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul  

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2025-09-12

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Solon Chovghi Iazdi, O., Medeiros Correia, R., & Rodriguez Castelli, J. (2025). Counterpoint Between Schumpeter’s Democratic Method and Veblen’s Thought For A Welfare State: Contraponto entre o método democrático de Schumpeter e o pensamento de Veblen para um Estado de bem-estar social. Revista De Economia, 46(88). https://doi.org/10.5380/re.v46i88.99780

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