Of course both the scarcity and surplus approach appear. The surplus
approach doesn't make any sense in the absence of scarcity. If there was
no scarcity who would give a damn about surplus.
-- Rod
On Wed, 14 Jun 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jim Devine writes:
>
> Both the surplus approach and the scarcity/choice approach play a
> role in Marx's CAPITAL. (The surplus approach is clearly the main
> problematic after ch. 3 of vol. I and for the whole of vol. II.
> On the other hand, the scarcity/choice approach plays a role in
> the first three chapters of vol. I and vol. III. In vol. III,
> however, the surplus approach is always there.) After ch. 3 of
> vol. I, i.e., when he's dealing with capitalism, the surplus
> approach is dominant in the last instance.
> _____________________________
> So I guess you agree with my thesis to a large extent. Now I'm
> a very happy man :-)
>
> Cheers, ajit sinha
>
