The equation of unified knowledge says that S = f (A,P) which means that the practical solution to a given problem is a function of the existing, empirical, actual realities and the future, potential, best possible conditions of general stable equilibrium which both pure and practical reason, exhaustive in the Kantian sense, show as being within the realm of potential realities beyond any doubt. The first classical revolution in economic thinking, included in factor “P” of the equation, conceived the economic and financial problems in terms of a model of ideal conditions of stable equilibrium but neglected the full consideration of the existing, actual conditions. That is the main reason why, in the end, it failed. The second modern revolution, included in factor “A” of the equation, conceived the economic and financial problems in terms of the existing, actual conditions, usually in disequilibrium or unstable equilibrium (in case of stagnation) and neglected the sense of right direction expressed in factor “P” or the realization of general, stable equilibrium. That is the main reason why the modern revolution failed in the past and is failing in front of our eyes in the present. The equation of unified knowledge, perceived as a sui generis synthesis between classical and modern thinking has been applied rigorously and systematically in writing the enclosed American‐British economic, monetary, financial and social stabilization plans. In the final analysis, a new economic philosophy, based on a synthesis between classical and modern thinking, called here the new economics of unified knowledge, is applied to solve the malaise of the twentieth century which resulted from a confusion between thinking in terms of stable equilibrium on the one hand and disequilibrium or unstable equilibrium on the other.
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1 May 1997
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May 01 1997
An American‐British economic, monetary, financial and social stabilization plan: a new vision of how to solve the malaise of the twentieth century in the Western world
Anghel N. Rugina
Anghel N. Rugina
Professor Emeritus of Economics and Finance, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6712
Print ISSN: 0306-8293
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1997
International Journal of Social Economics (1997) 24 (5): 421–595.
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Rugina AN (1997), "An American‐British economic, monetary, financial and social stabilization plan: a new vision of how to solve the malaise of the twentieth century in the Western world". International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 24 No. 5 pp. 421–595, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299710172032
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