Lou, Skillman's point happens to support Brenner & Post rather than the moralistic errors of Blaut. Capitalism does NOT reflect a general human progress, but Blaut's whole argument is grounded in that anti-Marxist assumption of Victorian Greatness.
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: pen-l-boun...@lists.csuchico.edu [mailto:pen-l-boun...@lists.csuchico.edu] On Behalf Of Louis Proyect Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 4:12 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Fwd: Once again on the formal/real subsumption question | Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist On 1/24/16 4:43 PM, Skillman, Gilbert wrote: > First, Marx doesn't assert that formal and real SLC describe very > different eras in the capitalist mode of production, just that formal > SLC must precede real SLC (since capitalists must first have direct > control over the production process before they can introduce desired > technical changes). That's true. Mention that to Robert Brenner and Charles Post the next time you see them. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
