Thanks everyone for your interesting responses.

Everyone (including Hans) basically confirmed what I thought but Marx is
tricky. With him you get screwed up the most when you think you understand
what he said but you really don't.

Special thanks to Hans. I sat in on your class on Marx at U of U nearly two
years ago and found it very interesting. I'd be interested in being an
observer on your upcoming class.

re:energy in Marx. What you say is true, which is interesting because he
knew the American school of political economy who were technology and
energy theorists (earlier in volume one he has a funny insult for "Carey
and the harmonizers"). Based on my reading of them (and knowing he knew
them) I think he may have felt that emphasizing the role of energy would
slip into their type of "potential class harmony" view.

My professor came out last year with a book called "energy and the wealth
of nations" which I think is quite good.

-- 
-Nathan Tankus
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