[PEN-L:7254] Re: nattering nabob [1]

1996-11-04 Thread Bruce R. McFarling
no source of 'value' is independent of our accumulation of technological knowledge. OTOH, it might be argued, under a Marxian 'social theory of value', that the status of labor as an *independent* source of value is simply a formal abstraction, where the empirical- scient

[PEN-L:7277] Re: multidimensional value

1996-11-05 Thread Bruce R. McFarling
On Tue, 5 Nov 1996 13:49:01 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Bruce R. McFarling (hi, Bruce!) [Hi, Jim!] writes that: >> One of the divisions between institutionalist economics >> ... and Marxian economics has been the former's insistence >> on multi-dime

[PEN-L:7855] Re: Stiglitz to WB

1996-12-12 Thread Bruce R. McFarling
DC governments are exploiting the rural poor" line.[1] Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] Oddly enough, the part that goes "therefore, these LDC governments should stop interfering with the natural state of affairs and let wealthy countries exploit th

[PEN-L:8199] Re: long waves -- and a better question

1997-01-12 Thread Bruce R. McFarling
fundamental innovation), but I'm not aware of work in which it is elaborated. Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] Antagonists in world-system arguments seem to be persistent in labelling world-systems argument as "World-System Theory", but s

[PEN-L:8199] Re: long waves -- and a better question

1997-01-12 Thread Bruce R. McFarling
fundamental innovation), but I'm not aware of work in which it is elaborated. Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] Antagonists in world-system arguments seem to be persistent in labelling world-systems argument as "World-System Theory", but s

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1997-01-03 Thread Bruce R. McFarling
th), that is, whether there are long waves, well Maybe there is a bit of faith in any interpretation of long stretches of history. But I'm trying to get a picture of the regulatory mechanism that is unable to suppress cycles above a threshold frequency cycles but successful at s