> I'm not going to develop the arguments on this , but the perspective
> advanced here denies that there is a transformation problem because
> Marx's value theory, unlike Ricardo's value theory, isNOT INTENDED TO
> EXPLAIN PRICES!
>
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It's a fair question. People who take Marx seriously are by no means in complete agreement on this. TSSI?
Furthermore, it helps someone like me, not an academic, economist, sociologist, to see people work this out, even if the solutions (or the absence of alleged contradiction in the first place) are obvious to some. ________________________
> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> You might want to google Fredy Perlman (Fredy is correct spelling) and
> find his essays on Rubin. That's where I first encountered the core of
> this perspective nearly 40 years ago.
>
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Will do - thanks for the tip. _______________________
> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> "Karl Marx" is not the German way to spell "David Ricardo."
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Thank goodness!