John, You're quite right about Sismondi. I put the quotes there by way of tacit acknowledgment of his contribution because I didn't delve into his analysis. I feature the 1821 pamphlet because it was the acknowledged source of Marx's musings about disposable time in the Grundrisse and the Economic and Political Manuscripts. I suspect that An Essay on Public Happiness (1772) by the Marquis de Chastellux was an inspiration for Dilke's 1821 pamphlet, along with Godwin.
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM, John Vertegaal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Haven't had a chance to read your book yet but noticed your Sismondi > quote at the end of Ch. 4. You might consider attributing the origin of > "wealth as disposable time" to Sismondi as well. Cf: Sismondi's 1815 > article in the Edinburgh Encyclopedia entitled "Political Economy" > (widely available on the web). In discussing wealth in its most basic > form, i.e. within a self-contained R. Crusoe economy, he writes the > following in Ch. 2 (Corresponding to Book II of his N.P.d'E.P): > "The measure of his wealth will not be the price, which he might > obtain for his property in exchange, because he is debarred from > all exchange, but the length of time during which no farther > labour will be requisite to satisfy his wants, compared with the > extent of those wants." > > John V > > On 11/29/2010 5:41 PM, Sandwichman wrote: > > ... The 1821 pamphlet was the origin of the phrase about wealth > > being disposable time that Marx was so fond of. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman
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