On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM, Michael Meeropol wrote: > > In Schumpeter's HISTORY OF ECONOMICS ANALYSIS he goes out of his way to > praise Sweezy's THEORY OF CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT --- though he complained > that Sweezy was trying to "Keynesify Marx" and "Marxify Keynes" --- I > always thought that was a great positive aspect of Sweezy's work
Schumpeter said that in a footnote: > > 15 Paul M. Sweezy, The Theory of Capitalist Development (2nd ed., 1946). > My > recommendation does not imply agreement with all of Sweezy’s > interpretations, espe- > cially with his attempt to make a Keynesian of > Marx. Attention is drawn to the well- > chosen entries in the bibliography, > to which I have only one item to add: W. Lexis > [J. A. S. here inserted > the title of Bohm-Bawerk’s criticism of Marx, Z um Abschluss > des > Marxschen Systems (1896) — obviously a slip. He probably intended to refer > to a > review article written by Lexis after the publication of vol. ni of > Das Kapital , namely, > ‘The Concluding Volume of Marx’s “Capital” ’ in the > Quarterly Journal of Econ- > omies October 1895]. The importance of > Bortkiewicz’s contribution has been abun- > dantly emphasized in Sweezy’s > text. In a different footnote, Schumpeter wrote: > > 12 I have strongly recommended Sweezy’s Theory of Capitalist Development > (1942) > as an admirable presentation of Marx’s (and most of the > neo-Marxists’) economic > thought. The thing that calls for notice now is > that Dr. Sweezy believes that the > economic theory there presented is > actually usable theory ex visu of today and that > it is not only equal but > superior to the technique used, for example, by Lange. Still > more > remarkable, and something of a psychological riddle, is Mrs. Robinson’s > Essay > on Marxian Economics (1942). On this, see Mr. Shove’s article, > ‘Mrs. Robinson on > Marxian Economics,’ in the Economic Journal, April > 1944. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39476): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39476 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116463374/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
