[lbo-talk] Delong puts the smackdown on ol' Whiskers

[Mike Ballard]

Mike Ballard :
The origins of wealth are nature and labour.  Ownership of nature i.e.
land, resources and the social products of labour (which come from
human resources) are what wealth is.  

Are there any other sources?

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CB: Neo-classically, I think people in Brad D.'s profession say
capital.
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Variable capital?  

That makes sense.  Using natural resources and the already existing
circulating and fixed capital, variable capital (which has previously
been employed to produce the aforementioned types of capital) creates
social wealth which is appropriated by capitalists.  Of course, the
capitalists pay the workers a fair days wage for a fair days work for
the use of their labour.

Best,
Mike B) 

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