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> Matthias Wasser:
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> > I agree 100%. My only interest here is in how the world actually works,
> > so if value theory is just a moral critique masquerading as political
> > economy, I don't want to waste my time on it. But if it is political
> > economy I want to understand how it operates, whether it actually
> > corresponds to reality, &c.
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> It's neither, so you're posing a false dichotomy.
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By "political economy" I don't mean anything that excludes "how social labor is allocated in a capitalist society." I know that Marx knows (along with everybody else) that supply and demand determine price. ***************************
And that supply and demand (with its inherent notion of the subjective assessement of usefulness and need) have to fluctuate around *wealth* (goods and services) created by labour (value) or wealth already found in Nature.
Mike B) *********************************************************************** http://wobblytimes.blogspot.com/