Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos
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Resumo: | This paper discusses the dilution of the conceptual border between “consumption” and “investment.” We argue that it is a key element for the understanding of capitalism in its current stage and the values guiding contemporary society. Some concepts created by Human Capital Theory – an economic theory from the 1960s – are widely viewed today as values that guide the behavior of individuals. This yields to a conceptual–axiological shift from consumption to investment that allows unusual forms of “delaying satisfaction by consuming now.” The diffuse area that is created between “consumption” and “investment” helps to understand how the Protestant work ethic is recreated as an “ethic of entrepreneurial work,” that is, of work understood in terms of “individual enterprise”. |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethosO consumo como investimento: a teoria do capital humano e o capital humano como ethosSocial valuesHuman Capital TheoryMax WeberMichel FoucaultValores sociaisTeoria do capital humanoMax WeberMichel FoucaultThis paper discusses the dilution of the conceptual border between “consumption” and “investment.” We argue that it is a key element for the understanding of capitalism in its current stage and the values guiding contemporary society. Some concepts created by Human Capital Theory – an economic theory from the 1960s – are widely viewed today as values that guide the behavior of individuals. This yields to a conceptual–axiological shift from consumption to investment that allows unusual forms of “delaying satisfaction by consuming now.” The diffuse area that is created between “consumption” and “investment” helps to understand how the Protestant work ethic is recreated as an “ethic of entrepreneurial work,” that is, of work understood in terms of “individual enterprise”.O artigo propõe discutir a diluição da fronteira conceitual entre “consumo e “investimento”, argumentado que ela é uma peça fundamental para a compreensão do capitalismo na sua etapa atual e dos valores que orientam a sociedade contemporânea. Conceitos cunhados pela teoria do capital humano – teoria econômica dos anos 1960 – são difundidos hoje como valores que orientam a conduta dos indivíduos. Produz-se, assim, um deslocamento conceitual-valorativo do consumo para o investimento que permite inusitadas formas de “postergar satisfações consumindo agora”. A área difusa que é criada entre “consumo” e “investimento” ajuda a entender como a ética protestante do trabalho é reeditada numa “ética do trabalho empresarial”, isto é, do trabalho entendido em termos de “empreendimento” individual.Universidade Estadual de Londrina2009-11-22info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/451510.5433/2176-6665.2009v14n2p217Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2009); 217-230Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2009); 217-230Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 14 n. 2 (2009); 217-2302176-66651414-0543reponame:Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociaisinstname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)instacron:UELporhttps://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/4515/3843Copyright (c) 2009 Osvaldo Javier López-Ruizinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLópez-Ruiz, Osvaldo Javier2022-05-20T11:12:44Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4515Revistahttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/indexPUBhttps://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/oaimediacoes@uel.br2176-66652176-6665opendoar:2023-01-13T10:37:33.049926Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais - Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)false |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos O consumo como investimento: a teoria do capital humano e o capital humano como ethos |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos López-Ruiz, Osvaldo Javier Social values Human Capital Theory Max Weber Michel Foucault Valores sociais Teoria do capital humano Max Weber Michel Foucault |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos |
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Consumption as investment: the theory of human capital and human capital as ethos |
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López-Ruiz, Osvaldo Javier |
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López-Ruiz, Osvaldo Javier |
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López-Ruiz, Osvaldo Javier |
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Social values Human Capital Theory Max Weber Michel Foucault Valores sociais Teoria do capital humano Max Weber Michel Foucault |
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Social values Human Capital Theory Max Weber Michel Foucault Valores sociais Teoria do capital humano Max Weber Michel Foucault |
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This paper discusses the dilution of the conceptual border between “consumption” and “investment.” We argue that it is a key element for the understanding of capitalism in its current stage and the values guiding contemporary society. Some concepts created by Human Capital Theory – an economic theory from the 1960s – are widely viewed today as values that guide the behavior of individuals. This yields to a conceptual–axiological shift from consumption to investment that allows unusual forms of “delaying satisfaction by consuming now.” The diffuse area that is created between “consumption” and “investment” helps to understand how the Protestant work ethic is recreated as an “ethic of entrepreneurial work,” that is, of work understood in terms of “individual enterprise”. |
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Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 14 No. 2 (2009); 217-230 Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2009); 217-230 Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 14 n. 2 (2009); 217-230 2176-6665 1414-0543 reponame:Mediações - Revista de Ciências Sociais instname:Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL) instacron:UEL |
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