THE PHENOMENON OF CONSUMPTION – KEYNES’S ALGORITHM

Kriza tranzicijskih i razvijenih zemalja koja prijeti globalnom depresijom potiče na području teorijskih i idejnih stajališta brojne vremenski i prostorno univerzalne rasprave. U središtu pozornosti je, kao i uvijek kada se radi o krizi, Keynesova antikrizna doktrina, odnosno rasprava o mogućnostima njene primjene u uvjetima suvremenog svijeta. Neoliberalna paradigma a priori odbacuje mogućnost njene primjene obrazlažući takvo stajalište njenom nacionalnom impostacijom neprimjerenoj globalnom svijetu. Suprotno Keynesovom izričaju neoliberali ustraju na otvorenim ekonomijama, punoj konkurenciji triju konstitutivnih tržišta i maksimalnoj mobilnosti kapitala u globalnim razmjerima. Međutim, djelatna ih praksa neprekidno demantira budući da kriza postaje sve oštrija i prostorno univerzalnija. Keynesijanski pristup koji pak u središte globalnog svijeta postavlja nacionalnu ekonomiju nije u stanju objasniti reference tog istog globalnog svijeta koji je do sada razvio moćan svjetski institucionalni sustav. Neprijeporno, Keynesova doktrina u nastalim uvjetima traži redefiniciju svojih klasičnih polazišta i metodoloških rješenja. Ovaj se rad bavi upravo mogućim odgovorima vezanim uz te redefinicije ostajući, međutim, u zakonitoj korelaciji s Keynesovim izvornim stajalištima. Zaključci do kojih smo u radu došli govore o mogućnostima primjene Keynesovog metodološkog algoritma u uvjetima aktualne krize uz određenu redefiniciju agregata potrošnje i investicija. Kriza u Hrvatskoj, kojom završavamo naš rad, potencira pak određena neokeynesijanska rješenja, razumljivo uz uvjet da se istraživanja nastave i analitički pristupi prodube.The crisis in transitional and developed countries that threatens with global depression encourages at a global lever numerous discussions in the field of theoretical and ideological thought. As always when a crisis is in question, Keynes’s theory of crisis i.e. the analysis on the possibilities of its application in the modern world is at heart of the discussion. The neoliberal paradigm a priori rejects this possibility due to the fact that Keynesian theory is inappropriate at national level in the current global economic crisis. Contrary to Keynes’s policies, the neoliberals insist on open economies, full competition of the three constitutive markets and maximum capital flow on a global scale. However, practice keeps refuting them constantly due to the fact that the crisis grows ever more fierce and global. The Keynesian approach that places national economy at the heart of the globalized world is incapable of explaining the references of that same globalized world that has so far developed a powerful global institutionalized system. In the newly formed circumstances Keynes’s theory is undoubtedly seeking a redefinition of its classical postulates and methodological solutions. This paper tries to address the possible answers to those redefinitions all the while remaining in licit correlation with Keynes’s original viewpoints. The conclusions which the authors have reached in this paper talk of possibilities of applying Keynes’s methodological algorithm in the circumstances of the present crisis with a specific redefinition of the aggregate consumption and investment. The crisis in Croatia, which is addressed at the end of the paper, calls for certain neokeynesian solutions, understandingly under the condition that researches continue and analytical approaches develop further