[lbo-talk] Marx's critique of neo classical economics

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Apr 1 20:39:39 PDT 2007


On Apr 1, 2007, at 11:05 PM, bhandari at berkeley.edu wrote:


> The production of commodities is not governed by demand; rather demand
> is a function of accumulation undertaken in the pursuit of ever
> greater
> quantities of surplus value.

That's consistent with Keynes's idea of effective demand, no? I.e., capitalists make demand effective through their spending on investment and wages.

Doug



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