Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-05 Thread miyachi
on 2/6/02 03:55 AM, Charles Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Sir Charles Brown > > You determine value as depending upon future condition. but it may be > wrong, because value which depends upon future belongs to sphere of > fictitious capital flow, such as various derivertives -futures, fo

Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-05 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 2/5/2002 11:57:50 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suppose that you are looking at the value circulating in the economy today.  How would you value the constant capital values found in the commodities produced?  That will depend on whether the constant capi

value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-05 Thread Charles Brown
>Sir Charles Brown You determine value as depending upon future condition. but it may be wrong, because value which depends upon future belongs to sphere of fictitious capital flow, such as various derivertives -futures, forword option, swap etc- not belong to real capital market. In reality,

value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-05 Thread Charles Brown
value and price: a dissenting note by Michael Perelman 05 February 2002 01:20 UTC Suppose that you are looking at the value circulating in the economy today. How would you value the constant capital values found in the commodities produced? That will depend on whether the constant capital

Re: : value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-05 Thread miyachi
on 2/5/02 05:22 AM, Charles Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > : value and price: a dissenting note > by Michael Perelman > 03 February 2002 05:46 UTC < < < > > > Michael P:I agree with you, except the algebraic theory presumes ex ante -- > values > today

Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-04 Thread Michael Perelman
I would accept your modification of my words without reservation. On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 06:04:18PM -0800, Sabri Oncu wrote: > Michael wrote: > > > Suppose that you are looking at the value > > circulating in the economy today. > > How would you value the constant capital > > values found in th

Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-04 Thread Sabri Oncu
Michael wrote: > Suppose that you are looking at the value > circulating in the economy today. > How would you value the constant capital > values found in the commodities produced? > That will depend on whether the constant > capital will turnover in 1 year or 10 years. Michael, I don't think

Re: : value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-04 Thread Michael Perelman
Suppose that you are looking at the value circulating in the economy today. How would you value the constant capital values found in the commodities produced? That will depend on whether the constant capital will turnover in 1 year or 10 years. Charles Brown wrote: > CB: I did read Michael P

: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-04 Thread Charles Brown
: value and price: a dissenting note by Michael Perelman 03 February 2002 05:46 UTC < < < Michael P:I agree with you, except the algebraic theory presumes ex ante -- values today that depend on conditions in the future. On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 05:44:45AM -0800, Devine, James wrote:

Re: Re: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-04 Thread Waistline2
In a message dated 2/2/2002 11:19:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: on 2/3/02 10:39 AM, Michael Perelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Miyachi's solution is not so simple.  You have a new computer.  Some of > the value will be transferred to the product today.  You have no i

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread Justin Schwartz
> >I agree with you, except the algebraic theory presumes ex ante -- values >today that depend on conditions in the future. > >On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 05:44:45AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: > > > > I've argued in the past (e.g., my 1990 article in RESEARCH IN POLITICAL > > ECONOMY) that values

RE: Re: RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread Devine, James
From: Michael Perelman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2/3/02 3:32 PM Subject: [PEN-L:22284] Re: RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note I agree with you, except the algebraic theory presumes ex ante -- values today that depend on conditions in the future. On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 05:44:45AM -

Re: RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread Michael Perelman
I agree with you, except the algebraic theory presumes ex ante -- values today that depend on conditions in the future. On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 05:44:45AM -0800, Devine, James wrote: > > I've argued in the past (e.g., my 1990 article in RESEARCH IN POLITICAL > ECONOMY) that values make sense as

RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread Devine, James
Michael Perelman writes:>They [Schwartz and Miyachi] seem to look at the value of the depreciated computer EX POST -- after the fact. The problem that i see is ex ante. How do you set the value of the product made with the computer years before the depreciation occurs? I can expect a future pat

Re: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread miyachi
on 2/3/02 02:40 PM, Michael Perelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here is the difference between Justin and Miyachi and my understanding. > > They seem to look at the value of the depreciated computer EX POST -- > after the fact. The problem that i see is ex ante. How do you set the > value o

Re: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread Karl Carlile
Michael: Miyachi's solution is not so simple. You have a new computer. Some of the value will be transferred to the product today. You have no idea how long the computer will last; when it will become obsolete. Unless you have foreknowledge of the future, you cannot know how much value transfer

Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-03 Thread Karl Carlile
The discussion about the labor theory of value misses one important point, which I have been trying to push for years. Suppose you want to calculate the value of a commodity according to the simple algebraic formula C+V+S Held the calculate C? Marx describes a simple method: the suppose you ha

Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Here is the difference between Justin and Miyachi and my understanding. They seem to look at the value of the depreciated computer EX POST -- after the fact. The problem that i see is ex ante. How do you set the value of the product made with the computer years before the depreciation occurs?

Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread Justin Schwartz
> > >The discussion about the labor theory of value misses one important >point, which I have been trying to push for years. Suppose you want to >calculate the value of a commodity according to the simple algebraic >formula > >C+V+S > >Held the calculate C? Marx describes a simple method: the

Re: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread miyachi
on 2/3/02 10:39 AM, Michael Perelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Miyachi's solution is not so simple. You have a new computer. Some of > the value will be transferred to the product today. You have no idea how > long the computer will last; when it will become obsolete. Unless you > have fo

Re: RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread Michael Perelman
1999. "Marx, Devalorisation, and the Theory of Value." Cambridge Journal of Economics, 23: 6 (November): pp. 719-28. On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 08:11:37PM -0600, Forstater, Mathew wrote: > Full cite please Michael? > > >I wrote about this in more detail a few years ago in the Cambridge > Journal >

RE: Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread Forstater, Mathew
Full cite please Michael? >I wrote about this in more detail a few years ago in the Cambridge Journal >of Economics.

Re: Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread Michael Perelman
Miyachi's solution is not so simple. You have a new computer. Some of the value will be transferred to the product today. You have no idea how long the computer will last; when it will become obsolete. Unless you have foreknowledge of the future, you cannot know how much value transfers to the

Re: value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread miyachi
on 2/3/02 08:21 AM, Michael Perelman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The discussion about the labor theory of value misses one important > point, which I have been trying to push for years. Suppose you want to > calculate the value of a commodity according to the simple algebraic > formula > >

value and price: a dissenting note

2002-02-02 Thread Michael Perelman
The discussion about the labor theory of value misses one important point, which I have been trying to push for years. Suppose you want to calculate the value of a commodity according to the simple algebraic formula C+V+S Held the calculate C? Marx describes a simple method: the suppose you h