>At 11:48 AM 09/23/2000 -0400, Jim Devine wrote:
>alternatively, the TSS could be (a) logically wrong; (b) spinning models
>that don't fit empirical reality; or (c) leaving out important components
>of capitalist reality. I, for one, don't know enough about the TSS to
>conclude that all of its opponents are fools or knaves.
>
a)The TSS propositions have yet to be proven logically wrong, althought it has been
challenged and debated for the last 5 years at OPE-L and it is currently being debated
at RRPE, Science and Society and other journals. Until proven wrong, the least that
honest intellectuals should do is recognize its merits.
b) I thought Marxist economists understood Marx's concept of fetishization enought to
avoid making statement like this but I guess I am once again being very naive. In
case you need your empirical proofs go to Alan Freeman's web page and look at his
papers where it is shown the empirical potential of this new theoretical methodology
in explaining capitalist reality.
c) I don't think the TSS goal is to create a "general" theory of capitalism or the
ultimate econometric model that will include all possible variable.
"I, for one," have been studying the debate and the propositions of TSS authors for
almost two years and can conclude that its opponents so far have acted like irrational
and dishonest fools.
Fabian
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