On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics

This paper argues that sovereignty, as envisaged by Spinoza, is the logical foundation of constitutional economics. Constitutional constructs such as sovereignty weave an evolutionary dialectic between different organizational scales (the local, national, and global). This dialectic continues to wre...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d978a760d5e743568c2ec22b661ced382021-12-02T03:04:42ZOn the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics1843-22981844-8208https://doaj.org/article/d978a760d5e743568c2ec22b661ced382013-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jpe.ro/pdf.php?id=4997https://doaj.org/toc/1843-2298https://doaj.org/toc/1844-8208This paper argues that sovereignty, as envisaged by Spinoza, is the logical foundation of constitutional economics. Constitutional constructs such as sovereignty weave an evolutionary dialectic between different organizational scales (the local, national, and global). This dialectic continues to wreak havoc at the local scale, and can be interrupted only through explicit constitutional constraints on the size of jurisdictions. The paper argues for more emphasis on constitutional orders in the spirit of Spinoza’s understanding of sovereignty. This entails preference for federal polities in which sovereignty is shared between different cities rather states where once capital cities dominate. Benjamen F. GussenEditura ASE BucurestiarticleConstitutional economicsSovereigntySpinozaEconomics as a scienceHB71-74DEENFRJournal of Philosophical Economics, Vol VII, Iss 1 (2013)
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topic Constitutional economics
Sovereignty
Spinoza
Economics as a science
HB71-74
spellingShingle Constitutional economics
Sovereignty
Spinoza
Economics as a science
HB71-74
Benjamen F. Gussen
On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics
description This paper argues that sovereignty, as envisaged by Spinoza, is the logical foundation of constitutional economics. Constitutional constructs such as sovereignty weave an evolutionary dialectic between different organizational scales (the local, national, and global). This dialectic continues to wreak havoc at the local scale, and can be interrupted only through explicit constitutional constraints on the size of jurisdictions. The paper argues for more emphasis on constitutional orders in the spirit of Spinoza’s understanding of sovereignty. This entails preference for federal polities in which sovereignty is shared between different cities rather states where once capital cities dominate.
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title On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics
title_short On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics
title_full On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics
title_fullStr On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics
title_full_unstemmed On the problem of scale: Spinozistic sovereignty as the logical foundation of constitutional economics
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