Przesłanki budowy teorii zmian konsumpcji we współczesnej gospodarce polskiej
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1990
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Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/2016
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Assumptions of constructing the consumption variations theory in contemporary Polish economy
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In the author's opinion, the present theory of consumption in Polish economy
fulfills its explanatory tasks (although not prognostic ones) with respect to pre-
-crisis phases of consumption and economic development. However, the said theory,
and especially its assumptions, need to be revised if they are to be useful in
contemporary studies on variations in consumption processes in Poland.
Referring to the fundamental aims and motives of research carried out within
the Branch Basic Research Project (RPBP No. III. 39 ("Changes in the Structure
of Consumption") the author presents the most important theory — construction
assumptions adopted in the synthesis of the above research project.
In a socialist system, the long-term optimum level of consumption may not
be the aim of economic activity. Instead, such an aim may be the achievement of
economic surplus (in the stage of production, exchange and consumption) and
maximalization of social utility effect with respect to market-verified outlays.
The consumption itself is not only the effect of economic activity but also one
of the main productive forces that contribute to the creation of that surplus both
during working time as well as during the time off. If so, the consumption may
at best be shaped indirectly by means of future models of consumption (which are
chosen by consumers through their voting for election platforms of main political
groups) and by means of market mechanisms, supported by parametric steering
applied until full marketization of the socialist economy is reached. In the future,
social consumption, including collective consumption, will remain the main field
of that steering.
Referring to the reinterpreted principles of the consumption theory in the socialist
economy the author confronts them with detailed theoretical assumptions of
research in particular subjects of RPBP III 39 project.
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny, 52, 1990, z. 1, s. 143-155