Rethinking Competition as a Non-Beneficial Mechanism in Economic Systems

[2506.11405] Rethinking Competition as a Non-Beneficial Mechanism in Economic Systems Skip to main content Search Submit Donate Log in Search arXiv Press Enter to search · Advanced search Economics > Theoretical Economics arXiv:2506.11405 (econ) [Submitted on 13 Jun 2025] Title: Rethinking Competition as a Non-Beneficial Mechanism in Economic Systems Authors: Marcelo S. Tedesco , Gonzalo Marquez View a PDF of the paper titled Rethinking Competition as a Non-Beneficial Mechanism in Economic Systems, by Marcelo S. Tedesco and Gonzalo Marquez View PDF Abstract: Persistent economic competition is often justified as a mechanism of innovation, efficiency, and welfare maximization. Yet empirical evidence across disciplines reveals that competition systematically generates fragility, inequality, and ecological degradation, emergent outcomes not of isolated failures but of underlying systemic dynamics. This work reconceptualizes economic ecosystems as real complex adaptive systems, structurally isomorphic with biological and social ecosystems. Integrating complexity science, evolutionary biology, ecology, and economic and business theory, we classify economic interactions according to their systemic effects and propose a theoretical model of ecosystemic equilibrium based on the predominance of beneficial versus non-beneficial relationships. Recognizing economies as ecologically embedded and structurally interdependent systems provides a novel framework for analyzing systemic resilience, reframing competition as a non-beneficial mechanism. Subjects: Theoretical Economics (econ.TH) Cite as: arXiv:2506.11405 [econ.TH] (or arXiv:2506.11405v1 [econ.TH] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.11405 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Related DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-026-00982-5 Focus to learn more DOI(s) linking to related resources Submission history From: Marcelo S. Tedesco [ view email ] [v1] Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:05:19 UTC (668 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Rethinking Competition as a Non-Beneficial Mechanism in Economic Systems, by Marcelo S. Tedesco and Gonzalo Marquez View PDF view license Current browse context: econ.TH < prev | next > new | recent | 2025-06 Change to browse by: econ References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps? ) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations ( What are Smart Citations? ) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv ( What is alphaXiv? ) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers ( What is CatalyzeX? ) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub ( What is DagsHub? ) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub ( What is GotitPub? ) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face ( What is Huggingface? ) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast ( What is ScienceCast? ) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate ( What is Replicate? ) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces ( What is Spaces? ) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI ( What is TXYZ.AI? ) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower ( What are Influence Flowers? ) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender ( What is CORE? ) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs . Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax ( What is MathJax? ) We gratefully acknowledge support from our major funders , member institutions , , and all contributors. About · Help · Contact · Subscribe · Copyright · Privacy · Accessibility · Operational Status (opens in new tab) Major funding support from

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