Tag-arkiv: definition

Om markedet

Hvad mener de liberale egentlig, når de taler om markedet? Det er der givet vis en del, der tænker, hvis de får forvildet sig ud i en samtale med en liberalist – eller er journalister. Svaret er på sin vis både enkelt om komplekst; men det kan og bør besvares.

Der er ingen grund til, at der florerer forståelser af centrale termer, som for det første ikke er korrekte, for det andet yder mere skade end gavn. Derfor vil jeg henlede opmærksomheden på den korte video nedenfor og det lidt længere citat neden under denne.

Videoen er fra Libertarianism.org og citatet er fra Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action. Begge forklarer kort, hvad markedet er og ikke er.

Del det gerne – især med personer, som er i tvivl.

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Beskrivelse fra Human Action:

The market is not a place, a thing, or a collective entity. The market is a process, actuated by the interplay of the actions of the various individuals cooperating under the division of labor. The forces determining the—continually changing—state of the market are the value judgments of these individuals and their actions as directed by these value judgments. The state of the market at any instant is the price structure, i.e., the totality of the exchange ratios as established by the interaction of those eager to buy and those eager to sell. There is nothing inhuman or mystical with regard to the market. The market process is entirely a resultant of human actions. Every market phenomenon can be traced back to definite choices of the members of the market society.

The market process is the adjustment of the individual actions of the various members of the market society to the requirements of mutual cooperation. The market prices tell the producers what to produce, how to produce, and in what quantity. The market is the focal point to which the activities of the individuals converge. It is the center from which the activities of the individuals radiate.