Calvin wrote: > Devine, James wrote: > > what ever happened to the idea of producing a wikipedia of leftist political economy? I proposed it and someone said he'd look into it... and then I heard nothing. > > Why not just produce a wikipedia of objective political economy? If that turns out to be > "leftist", so be it.
Yes, as I asked last time this came up, what's wrong with including "leftist political economy" in _the_ existing Wikipedia? Personally, I would like to see the full range of views on a subject, rather than something notionally leftist, but nevertheless one-sided. I would be doing this already, except that I don't have a qualification in economics, or an adequate knowledege of economic theory. I see that Jim has already provide his alternative http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine/notes/shortLaw-of-Value.html to Wkipedia's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_theory_of_value. Sure, contributing does mean some frustration, negotiation and couching contentious subjects in the right terms. But --- if you really think one of their articles is a lost cause --- you can always start a rival one under a different heading, e.g. the presently non-existent page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx's_labour_theory_of_value. If the reactionaries complain about duplication, they will then be forced to take the issues on board ;-) regards, Grant.
