The Aporias of the Modern Economy: Schumacher, Kalecki and Work

This text provides a profound analysis of contemporary economic challenges through the lens of E.F. Schumacher and Michał Kalecki. The authors juxtapose the classic critique of the unlimited growth paradigm with current issues such as the expansion of artificial intelligence and automation. The article exposes category errors in treating natural capital as income and examines the social determinants of technological unemployment. It points to the need to implement intermediate technology and deconcentrate economic power as a path to regaining an ontological sense of embeddedness in the world. It calls for a redefinition of the role of education and work to serve people, not merely maximizing profit within a rentier economy. The analysis encompasses regional models from the USA to Poland, proposing specific tools for systemic transformation.