Abstract

GARCIA DEL HOYO, Juan José  and  JIMENEZ DE MADARIAGA, Celeste. Theories of value: similarities and differences in economics and social anthropology. Rev.econ.inst. [online]. 2015, vol.17, n.33, pp.109-131. ISSN 0124-5996.  https://doi.org/10.18601/01245996.v17n33.05.

This paper is a review of the notions of value in economics and anthropology. In this review, the greater difficulty has been, indeed, the historical separation between disciplines that frequently have developed their theoretical conceptualizations about economic fact separately, while the cooperation attempts have had to overcome important methodological and formal differences. However, the analysis of the main anthropological and economic contributions has shown the necessity to re-examine the foundations about value and to reflect on the use of this concept.

Keywords : Economics; anthropology; rational behavior; value; needs; utility.

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