Yes Ian, that book on General Motors exists. See http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805052534/qid=1058303758/sr=2-3/ref= sr_2_3/002-9116098-3703241
There is a literature on this, for instance Langholm , Odd Inge, Price and value in the Aristotelian tradition 1979 and Wealth and money in the Aristotelian tradition: a study in scholastic economies 1983 Meikle, Scott, Aristotle's economic thought 1997 I cannot find the stuff I read on this a long time ago, I haven't read the titles I just cited, but of Scott Meikle I know he is a reputable scholar. A point which conventional "make-more-money" economists often miss, is that the value theory Marx sought to tidy up intellectually did not just drop out of the air, or eventuated with Ricardo's genius, or necessarily even Petty, but goes back thousands of years in economic history, if you care to do a bit of anthropological digging around. This not only adds clout to Marx's argument, as Ernest Mandel pointed out, but also makes it intellectually easier to develop Marx's idea in a modern context (as against the "orthodox" idea that if Marx said it, it is true, but if anybody else says it, it must be wrong or some terrible revisionism). As Anwar Shaikh mentioned a few times, even a 93 percent LTV is better, and has more predictive power, than a theory which says that prices are determined by other prices which are determined by other prices and which are determined by other prices and which are determined by other prices. Regards Jurriaan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eubulides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Back to slavery > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jurriaan Bendien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > In Holland it is sometimes trendy in management circles to hire > professional > > philosophers as consultants - philosophy provides freedom for critical > > thought, hence a philosopher might identify or reframe problems in a way > > which a more narrow-minded business approach might fail to do, through a > > course or advice. > > > > J. > > ===================== > > Didn't somebody write a book a few years ago "If Aristotle Ran General > Motors" or some such? > > > Ian > >
