On 12/26/06, Michael Nuwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In at least two places Marx identifies the origins of exchange in > > communities coming into contact with each other. He reject the notion > > that exchange is rooted in some individual propensity to truck, barter, > > and exchange. The two passages by Marx that I'm thinking about are > > printed below.
Jim Devine wrote: > FWIW, IMHO Marx was wrong on this one. Equal exchange between distinct > communities does not work unless the property rights of the two > communities are protected.
Carrol Cox wrote:
"Equal" exchange (in exchange value)must be a late development. But exchange (prior to any idea of exchange value) would have been between communities. This is fairly clear in the odyssey.
sorry. A better word than "equal" would be "voluntary." -- Jim Devine / "Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it, because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us." -- Stephen Colbert.
