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1966年《QJE》资本理论与再转换专刊：档案视角
The 1966 Special Issue of the QJE on Capital Theory and Reswitching A View from the Archives
摘要
The symposium on reswitching, published sixty years ago in a special issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics, represented a pivotal turning point in the debate on capital theory, known as the “Cambridge Controversy” due to the central roles of economists from Cambridge (UK) and Cambridge (Massachusetts). The passing of many key participants has led to the systematic opening of their personal archives, providing significant new opportunities for archival research. Drawing upon these newly accessible primary sources, this paper offers a comprehensive reconstruction of the special issue’s genesis, the questions it addressed, and the resolutions proposed. By elucidating the intellectual dynamics that shaped this fundamental debate, the paper argues that while the primary theoretical issues have largely been settled, several meta-theoretical questions remain open. Consequently, these archival findings remain highly relevant to the modern economic theorist.
中文摘要
六十年前发表在《经济学季刊》特刊上的关于再转换的研讨会，标志着资本理论辩论中的一个关键转折点，该辩论因来自剑桥（英国）和剑桥（马萨诸塞州）的经济学家所发挥的核心作用而被称为“剑桥之争”。许多关键参与者的逝世促使其个人档案被系统性地开放，为档案研究提供了重要的新机遇。本文依据这些新近可获取的一手资料，全面重构了该特刊的缘起、其所探讨的问题以及所提出的解决方案。通过阐明塑造这场根本性辩论的思想动态，本文认为，尽管主要的理论问题已在很大程度上得到解决，但若干元理论问题仍然悬而未决。因此，这些档案发现对现代经济理论家仍具有高度相关性。