Gil, could you explain your statement that
>Marx *consistently* and *unambiguously* states that
>usury and merchant's capital prior to the era of the
>capitalist mode of production, *when extended directly
>to small producers*, created surplus value.
Edwin Dickens
I am forwarding this unusual child support story that I received from
ACTIV-L.
Steven Zahniser
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I can only reply a bit to Eric Nilsson's comments now given time
commitments, but he raises many important points.
>I understand (and 75% accept) the post-modernist claim that there
>is no "reality" out there. All we have are different knowledges
>of what we call "reality." (Skipping lots of st
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Originally
Hi, Eban. Concerning the absence of a documented relationship, see Teresa
Amott's article in the Nov-Dec 1993 issue of Dollars & Sense; if Teresa's
out there, she could probably tell you much more. Gil
>Class prep is here.
>
>Do folks have opinions on the best short piece-- magazine article-- w
Class prep is here.
Do folks have opinions on the best short piece-- magazine article-- which
summarizes the likely impacts of the welfare dismantling legislation Bill
signed?
Also, does it remain true that there is no documented relationship
between either out-of-wedlock births and/or family
Jim, writes, evidently while the car is idling and packed for vacation:
>Gil writes:>> Having read Jim's article I know what he's getting at
>in referring to exploitation as "taxation without representation,"
>but this conception does not address the issues I've raised here and
>thus doesn't con
Paul, a few questions: is this notion of "economic determinism" something
which is taken up by the working class, something which was given rise to
by the working class, or is it part of another purely academic debate? I
have never heard workers talk about "economic determinism." I have not
I saw Steve Cullenberg's posting on overdetermination and see
that he is now a subsciber to pen-l. So:
Steve Cullenberg writes,
> Overdetermination . . . is a theory of existence which states that
> nothing exists in and of itself, prior to and independent from
> everything else. . .
I underst
Rakesh writes:
>As I understand Schumpeter's argument in the chapter on "Monopolistic
>Practices" in CSD, what may appear as rent in the static world of perfect
>competition may actually be the profit required for the continuous
>introduction of new and better machines or more generally innovatio
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Shawgi, economic determinism argues or implies that productive forces and
class relations (but particularly productive forces) are THE "essential"
element or cause or explanation of social reality. It is much more
consistent with Marx's project to say that social relations of production
(particul
Some questions for Steve: Steve, you say,
>...Call this a theory of causality if you want, even one where everything
>determines everything else, but it is not one where a billiard ball
>metaphor of mechanistic causality applies, where some things come first and
>others follow. It is not a theor
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