M-TH: Re: Capital is wrong

2000-03-25 Thread Rob Schaap
G'day Thaxalotls, Was cleaning out my backlog when it suddenly occurred to me that George might have a point (although I don't know how important a point it need be). Is a 'commodity' something that distinguishes itself from its hypothetical being under another economic system purely on the crit

M-TH: Re: Capital is wrong (production for sale, or not)

2000-03-25 Thread Hugh Rodwell
Rob's point requires a distinction between actual and potential, I think. The factory in use, like all commodities that have succeeded in being purchased, is not immediately for sale, that is, it is not for sale in actuality, even if it is potentially. There are two other aspects that need looki

Re: M-TH: Re: Capital is wrong (production for sale, or not)

2000-03-25 Thread davidb
Further to Hugh's. Isnt capitalism generalised commodity production which includes labour-power i.e. wage-labour? Prior to capitalism commodity production was secondary to use- value production, and typically not by means of wage labour. Therefore the socially necessary labour time was not set b

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