A CONTRIBUTION TO THE REAFFIRMATION OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

U ovom članku autor prezentira sadržaj i glavne ideje Strpićeve knjige Karl Marx i politička ekonomija Moderne. Tu knjigu, njezine ideje i značaj autor analizira u kontekstu procjena stanja i kretanja političke i ekonomske misli u Hrvatskoj u vrijeme tzv. tranzicije, odnosno procesa restauracije ortačkog kapitalizma. On kritizira neoliberalnu školu i njezin Economics koji je potisnuo i zamijenio političku ekonomiju u nastavi na mnogim fakultetima društvenih znanosti u nas. Autor procjenjuje da je Strpićeva knjiga značajan doprinos reafirmaciji političke ekonomije na njezinoj teorijskoj, odnosno znanstvenoj razini. Prigovara D. Strpiću što u svoje analize nije uključio i rezultate znanstvenih istraživanja domaćih ekonomista čiji su pogledi, po njegovu sudu, komplementarni Strpićevim pogledima. Sadašnja kriza neoliberalne škole i njezina Economics te ekonomska kriza u Hrvatskoj mogu biti povod za reafirmaciju političke ekonomije, odnosno za vraćanje od Economics k političkoj ekonomiji u znanosti i obrazovanju politologa, pravnika i ekonomista. Autor se u tom smislu zalaže za reafirmaciju političke ekonomije i kao znanosti i kao vještine upravljanja nacionalnom ekonomijom.In this article, the author presents the content and principal ideas of Strpić’s book on Karl Marx and the political economy of modernity, Karl Marx i politička ekonomija Moderne. The author analyzes the book, its ideas and its significance within the context of an evaluation of the status and trends in political and economic thought in Croatia during a time of so-called transition, i.e. the process of restoration of crony capitalism. He criticizes the neoliberal school and its Economics, which has pushed aside and replaced Political Economy in the instruction at many university social science departments. The author considers Strpić’s book a major contribution to the reaffirmation of Political Economy to its theoretical and scholarly status. He faults Strpić for not including in his analysis the results of scholarly research conducted by Croatian economists whose views complement his own. The current crisis of the neoliberal school, its Economics and the economic crisis in Croatia may serve as a means to reaffirm Political Economy, or rather to turn back from Economics in favor of Political Economy in scholarship and in the education of political scientists, legal scholars and economists. The author puts forth the thesis on the need to separate Political Economy from ideocracy. In this context, he advocates the reaffirmation of Political Economy as both a scientific discipline and as a skill in the management of national economies