Bill Quimby wrote: > Recently noticed a book titled "A history of Marxian economics", by M.C. > Howard and J.E. King, and published in 1989. I have not noticed a reference > to it on this list and am wondering if that means that it isn't worth looking > at?
IMHO, it's a very good book in terms of its factual information. However, the authors have a very strong (neoRicardian, Joan Robinson) point of view that limits its usefulness on some questions. For example, they simply assume that Marx's value theory was totally about predicting pricing behavior (as with a Ricardian theory) and so simply discuss and criticize the so-called "transformation problem" literature. But the authors are quite smart and knowledgeable. I published reviews of the two volumes in SCIENCE & SOCIETY (Winter 1991-92 and Spring 1994). -- Jim Devine "All science would be superfluous if the form of appearance of things directly coincided with their essence." -- KM _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
