John R. Commons: capitalism and non-material wealth

• Grant number: 15/20533-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2015
• End date: November 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Economic Theory
• Principal Investigator: Sebastião Neto Ribeiro Guedes
• Grantee: Rodrigo Constantino Jeronimo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to discuss how John R. Commons noticed and incorporated In his vision of the capitalist economy the challenges imposed by the new forms of typical capitalism wealth since the late XIX century. Characterized as incorporeal and intangible, such forms of wealth express a "dematerialization" of wealth since they do not present physical existence (as do tangible assets, types of machinery, and equipment, for example) and their value depends on the expected behavior in the future from the agents involved in the transactions. These forms of wealth represent theoretical challenges in, at least, two dimensions: the usage of time (mainly the future) and the references to attribute value to goods and rights.(AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RIBEIRO GUEDES, SEBASTIAO NETO; JERONIMO, RODRIGO CONSTANTINO. A Concept of Two Authors: Commons and Williamson on Transactions. JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ECONOMICS, AUG 2021. (14/18542-7, 17/07136-6, 15/20533-9)