Both David and Lou are getting a bit hot under the collar. Both seem to agree that both internal and external forces were part of the transition to capitalism. So what if Brenner and Wood downplay them?
What is the issue here? On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 12:13:35AM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > > No, the slave trade, etc. did not create the capitalist system. The > capitalist system grew out of changes taking place internally in Great > Britain and other European countries and externally (slave trade, East > India, etc.) It is Wood's "contribution" to Marxism to treat the > external elements as incidental, and Brenner's to ignore them entirely. > This is Eurocentrism plain and simple. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com
