>>I am teaching a course on Marx's _Capital_, Vols. II and III at
>>the Brecht Forum in New York City. Although most of the sessions
>>are strictly on the texts, a couple will be devoted to "Critiques
>>and Defenses of Marx." To make things fair, balanced, evenhanded,
>>I am interested in conducting such sessions as debates. The
>>questions to be debated are:
>>
>>(1) Marx's account of the transformation of values into
>>production prices has been proven to be internally inconsistent or
>>in error.
>>
>>(2) It has been proven that, contrary to what Marx's theory
>>states, the effect of technological progress cannot be to lower
>>the general rate of profit.
How about a third speaker, to argue that the other two are wasting their time?
Doug