LTV defence

1994-03-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
It seems to me that Barkley is demanding too much of a theory of value. Remember what values are in formal terms. They are a set of coercion operators that map usevalue types onto a single scalar type. Thus the value of corn is a function of form (corn -> value), that of horses a function of fo

LTV defence

1994-03-27 Thread Paul Cockshott
It seems to me that Barkley is demanding too much of a theory of value. Remember what values are in formal terms. They are a set of coercion operators that map usevalue types onto a single scalar type. Thus the value of corn is a function of form (corn -> value), that of horses a function of fo

Re: LTV Defence

1994-03-19 Thread Steve . Keen
Re: LTV defence Thanks to Allin for going to the trouble of detailing his views on the LTV. There are several points on which I could comment, but I will restrict myself to one key aspect of his treatment in posting 6 of Chapter I, Vol. I of Capital--as Gil put it, "the place to

Re: LTV Defence

1994-03-19 Thread Steve . Keen
Re: LTV defence Thanks to Allin for going to the trouble of detailing his views on the LTV. There are several points on which I could comment, but I will restrict myself to one key aspect of his treatment in posting 6 of Chapter I, Vol. I of Capital--as Gil put it, "the place to