Krugman on Marx

michael perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Thu Aug 13 07:54:41 PDT 1998


Brad De Long wrote:


> Haven't these efforts at refutation (and those aimed at absolute
> immiserization of the working class) been successful?
>

It depends what you mean by successful. If you ascribe a crude theory to Marx, then it is easy to refute it. Did Marx actually insist that absolute immiseration or the falling rate of profit would inevitably occur?

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

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