Of course both the scarcity and surplus approach appear. The surplus approach doesn't make any sense in the absence of scarcity. If there was no scarcity who would give a damn about surplus. -- Rod On Wed, 14 Jun 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jim Devine writes: > > Both the surplus approach and the scarcity/choice approach play a > role in Marx's CAPITAL. (The surplus approach is clearly the main > problematic after ch. 3 of vol. I and for the whole of vol. II. > On the other hand, the scarcity/choice approach plays a role in > the first three chapters of vol. I and vol. III. In vol. III, > however, the surplus approach is always there.) After ch. 3 of > vol. I, i.e., when he's dealing with capitalism, the surplus > approach is dominant in the last instance. > _____________________________ > So I guess you agree with my thesis to a large extent. Now I'm > a very happy man :-) > > Cheers, ajit sinha >