On Jan 15, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Angelus Novus wrote:
> Of course, Marx was a serious scholar, and any theoretical account of capitalism has to have solid empirical evidence.
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> But Carrol's point is that _Capital_ isn't a book about English capitalism. It's a theoretical account of capitalism.
I agree with that. But it's not just about an abstraction. Thus all the gritty stuff.