At 16:11 19/09/00 -0700, you wrote:
I've only read the first 2 1/2 chapters of Charles (Charlie) Andrews'
recent book, _From Capitalism to Equality_ (Needle Press, 2000), but so
far I am quite impressed.
One advantage he has compared to Marx is that he makes it clear from the
beginning
You might also like to look at:
THE GLOBAL MARKET DOCTRINE: A STUDY IN FUNDAMENTALIST THEOLOGY
John McMurtry, College of Arts, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph
http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/ECON/needhdata/McMurtry-2.html
and, also by McMutry::
How Unexamined Premises Lead to World
One advantage he has compared to Marx is that he makes it clear from
the beginning that exchange value is not the same as value. "The
magnitude of value is the quantity of abstract labor required to
_produce_ a commodity. The magnitude of exchange value, or price, is the
amount of
Louis wrote:
I told her that the landlord seemed stupid to be so greedy. If he had
simply proposed a rise in rents that would have increased his profits,
while leaving nobody in danger of eviction, then everybody would have
been spared needless expenses and aggravation.
Her response
But isn't she right, in the sense that the societal nature of capitalism
drives people to make as much profit as possible, no matter what the cost
to others?
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
Except that we got ourselves a real sharp lawyer who bested Donald
All true, but you omitted the key social ethic of "Survivor:" all alliances are
temporary, and no friendships are real. When people work cooperatively to build a
shelter, their real goal is to be the last one sleeping there. As a consequence,
there can be neither genuine trust nor genuine human
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I really like the discussion of value in chapter 2. Andrews distinguishes
clearly between use-value, exchange value (relative prices), and value
(socially-necessary abstract labor time). I knew the distinction, but it
was fuzzy at times.
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2000:
Today's News Release: "REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:
AUGUST 2000" indicates that regional and state unemployment rates were
stable in August. All four regions registered little or no change over the
month, and 46 states recorded
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2000:
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The percentage of young Americans holding summer jobs fell again this year,
due to the strong economy, expanded summer-school programs and the growing
popularity of unpaid internships, the Labor
Reform = Increased Poverty. Of course the cure for all this is economic
growth!
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Poverty Jumped in Former East Bloc As Reforms Took Hold, Study Finds
By PAUL HOFHEINZ ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
PRAGUE -- Far from disappearing, poverty in
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,
sure. if your family is wealthy enough so that
you don't care about money, they're a way to build
your resume. They're a way to use family and other
connections. In effect, it's a way that the class
origins of the privileged are preserved.
mbs
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CB: Gee, I wonder why UNpaid
CB: Do you happen to recall where Marx makes the distinction between
"exchange value" and "value" ? I thought "value" was shorthand for
"exchange value" in _Capital_.
For example, in the first section of ch. 1 of vol. 1, Marx writes that "if
we abstract from their value, there remains
So, we might better call this a "labor" ( ha ha, yea right) statistic ?
Really, sometimes I think the bourgeoisie are characterized by inconspicuous, not
conspicuous, consumption, compared with some other rich classes. Finesse.
CB
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sure. if your family is
JD I wish Marx had been clearer about this. Andrews is, though he
presents the
issue very differently than I do here. One of the great things about
Andrews' book is that he seems to say everything that Marx said, but in a
different order that makes everything clearer. Following the 20th century
I want to say that the discussion of Charlie's book is very encouraging. I
have only seen some early drafts of the book, but they were already excellent.
I think that it is important to discuss and encourage each other's work, but
now I have to sign off and go on to Sacramento for the day.
--
At 12:01 PM 9/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
The report also says that income inequality [in the former Soviet-bloc
countries] is increasing, and approaching the levels usually experienced
in Latin American countries.
awhile back, MONTHLY REVIEW had an article titled "The East goes South."
Jim
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CB: Do you happen to recall where Marx makes the distinction between
"exchange value" and "value" ? I thought "value" was shorthand for
"exchange value" in _Capital_.
For example, in the first section of ch. 1 of vol. 1, Marx writes that "if
we
Originally, Charles Brown (CB) wrote:
CB: Do you happen to recall where Marx makes the distinction between
"exchange value" and "value" ? I thought "value" was shorthand for
"exchange value" in _Capital_.
I wrote:
For example, in the first section of ch. 1 of vol. 1, Marx writes that
"if
The following shows that poli. science ignores the roles of
corporation. Economics goes one step further. We talk about "firms,"
but almost nothing in the economics literature ever mentions the role of
corporate power.
A Not So Academic Oversight
By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman
All true, but you omitted the key social ethic of "Survivor:" all
alliances are
temporary, and no friendships are real. When people work
cooperatively to build a
shelter, their real goal is to be the last one sleeping there. As a
consequence,
there can be neither genuine trust nor genuine
These figures sound like an underestimate. I thought the figure in the
latest edition of State of Working America was an additional 250
hours a year, with couples in $30,000-$75,000 range averaging 3800 hours
annually. Time pressures like these mean that it is ever harder to maintain
the myth
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There is an immaculate conception between this topic and the "Market as
God" thread.
Tom Walker
Sandwichman and Deconsultant
215-2273
I thought that the Summers' memo was supposed to have been written by
someone else and generous Lawrence bravely accepted the fallout from it. In
a discussion on Pen-L a while ago someone advanced this viewpoint. Now we
have a different story from the horse's mouth or is it more hot air from the
[full article at
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Europe/2000-09/strike210900.shtml ]
New EU charter toughens 'right to strike'
By Stephen Castle in Brussels
21 September 2000
Europe's new charter of citizens rights has been toughened to enshrine the
explicit right to strike and union
[full article at http://www.iht.com/IHT/TODAY/THU/FIN/rules.2.html ]
Paris, Thursday, September 21, 2000
New Accounting Rules For the New Economy?
Changing U.S. Business Climate Spurs Shift
By Albert B. Crenshaw Washington Post Service
WASHINGTON - A clash of cultures has set off a heated
[full article at http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/21/world/21KORE.html ]
September 21, 2000
South Korean Aide Resigns Over Loan Accusations
By SAMUEL LEN
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 20 In the latest scandal involving high- ranking
members of the South Korean government, a close aide to
What the audience did not know was that this deserted island also had a 4 star
hotel on the other side.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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NY Times, Sept. 19, 2000
The Oldest Profession Seeks New Market in West Europe
By ROGER COHEN
snip
For Dr. Hana Duchkova, an expert on sexually transmitted diseases at Usti
Hospital, the collapse of Communism and the order it imposed have been a
"recipe for many problems." Foreigners have no
Carrol posted some Rethinking Marxism panels of interest, and I
spotted among them:
Paula Rabinowitz (University of Minnesota), Domesticating Art in
the Age of the Trademark
Rabinowitz has done a lot of good work on left-wing women art.
There are better examples of her work (_Labor Desire:
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