RE: marx on money

1994-03-14 Thread Jim Devine
In response to Doug Henwood's point that the use of surplus-value is important to the issue, Gil Skillman agrees: >, and of course he's right. And Marx would have agreed, up to the >point of insisting that in a *capitalist* society, the realization of >surplus value via interest presupposes the

RE: marx on money

1994-03-14 Thread Jim Devine
In response to Doug Henwood's point that the use of surplus-value is important to the issue, Gil Skillman agrees: >, and of course he's right. And Marx would have agreed, up to the >point of insisting that in a *capitalist* society, the realization of >surplus value via interest presupposes the

RE: marx on money

1994-03-14 Thread Jim Devine
On Sun, 13 Mar 1994 23:52:00 -0800 Gil said: >This is to continue my dialogue with Allin C. concerning the results >he and a coauthor recently obtained, which are consistent with >earlier work by Shaikh and others, to the effect that values diverge >very little from prices of production in fact.

RE: marx on money

1994-03-14 Thread Jim Devine
On Sun, 13 Mar 1994 23:52:00 -0800 Gil said: >This is to continue my dialogue with Allin C. concerning the results >he and a coauthor recently obtained, which are consistent with >earlier work by Shaikh and others, to the effect that values diverge >very little from prices of production in fact.

RE: marx on money

1994-03-14 Thread GSKILLMAN
Something else that just occurred to me with respect to Allin's post. Under conditions such as those discovered by Allin and co-author, to the effect that labor values correlate very closely with prices of production, the prices of production which emerge from Sraffa's "standard system" would

RE: marx on money

1994-03-14 Thread GSKILLMAN
Something else that just occurred to me with respect to Allin's post. Under conditions such as those discovered by Allin and co-author, to the effect that labor values correlate very closely with prices of production, the prices of production which emerge from Sraffa's "standard system" would

RE: marx on money

1994-03-13 Thread GSKILLMAN
This is to continue my dialogue with Allin C. concerning the results he and a coauthor recently obtained, which are consistent with earlier work by Shaikh and others, to the effect that values diverge very little from prices of production in fact. I am not denigrating this work by the way, in

RE: marx on money

1994-03-13 Thread GSKILLMAN
This is to continue my dialogue with Allin C. concerning the results he and a coauthor recently obtained, which are consistent with earlier work by Shaikh and others, to the effect that values diverge very little from prices of production in fact. I am not denigrating this work by the way, in

RE: marx on money

1994-03-11 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Fri, 11 Mar 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, in response to my citation of Shaikh, Petrovic and Ochoa (as well as unpublished work done by some friends and myself): > I was initially struck by the results of Shaikh and his students, but > believe they should be taken with several grains of salt;

RE: marx on money

1994-03-11 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Fri, 11 Mar 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, in response to my citation of Shaikh, Petrovic and Ochoa (as well as unpublished work done by some friends and myself): > I was initially struck by the results of Shaikh and his students, but > believe they should be taken with several grains of salt;

Re: marx on money

1994-03-11 Thread GSKILLMAN
Steve Keen asked me to forward this. Voici. Gil --- Forwarded Message Follows --- Date sent: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 08:21:33 +1000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: marx on money To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gil's argument that money capital may lead t

RE: marx on money

1994-03-11 Thread GSKILLMAN
> I'm not sure I understand Jim's references to Marx's > "silliness" in assuming that prices are proportional > to (labor) values, or to the "so-called labor theory > of value". Shaikh has showed, by reference to both > US and Italian input-output tables, that values and > prices are indeed very

RE: marx on money

1994-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id
> I'm not sure I understand Jim's references to Marx's > "silliness" in assuming that prices are proportional > to (labor) values, or to the "so-called labor theory > of value". Shaikh has showed, by reference to both > US and Italian input-output tables, that values and > prices are indeed very

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Allin Cottrell
I'm not sure I understand Jim's references to Marx's "silliness" in assuming that prices are proportional to (labor) values, or to the "so-called labor theory of value". Shaikh has showed, by reference to both US and Italian input-output tables, that values and prices are indeed very close to pr

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Allin Cottrell
I'm not sure I understand Jim's references to Marx's "silliness" in assuming that prices are proportional to (labor) values, or to the "so-called labor theory of value". Shaikh has showed, by reference to both US and Italian input-output tables, that values and prices are indeed very close to pr

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
Alan Isaac says: >I hesitate to enter this debate among marxologists, but doesn't >suggesting that such conditions are _necessary_ for the receipt >of interest run aground against Roemer's example of interest >emerging solely from differing rates of time preference? > (1) I don't do Marxology.

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
Alan Isaac says: >I hesitate to enter this debate among marxologists, but doesn't >suggesting that such conditions are _necessary_ for the receipt >of interest run aground against Roemer's example of interest >emerging solely from differing rates of time preference? > (1) I don't do Marxology.

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
My comment on silliness was not denying the high correlation between prices of production and values that many have fon found. I was referring (opaquely, I admit) to Marx's poor method of presentation. Not only did he hope that CAPITAL could be read by ordinary workers, but his method has spawned

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
My comment on silliness was not denying the high correlation between prices of production and values that many have fon found. I was referring (opaquely, I admit) to Marx's poor method of presentation. Not only did he hope that CAPITAL could be read by ordinary workers, but his method has spawned

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread GSKILLMAN
In response to this passage by Jim, > > (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that > > simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? > > Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree: it is the latter. Gil Skillman > > disagrees with us. , Doug H. write

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
>Jim writes: >> Victor, thanks for the analysis of the context of the sentence quoted >>by Marx. But there are two debates going on here: >> >> (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that >> simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? >> Here, I belie

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
I hesitate to enter this debate among marxologists, but doesn't suggesting that such conditions are _necessary_ for the receipt of interest run aground against Roemer's example of interest emerging solely from differing rates of time preference? --Alan G. Isaac Origin

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
>Jim writes: >> Victor, thanks for the analysis of the context of the sentence quoted >>by Marx. But there are two debates going on here: >> >> (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that >> simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? >> Here, I belie

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread Jim Devine
I hesitate to enter this debate among marxologists, but doesn't suggesting that such conditions are _necessary_ for the receipt of interest run aground against Roemer's example of interest emerging solely from differing rates of time preference? --Alan G. Isaac Origin

RE: marx on money

1994-03-10 Thread GSKILLMAN
Jim writes: > Victor, thanks for the analysis of the context of the sentence quoted > by Marx. But there are two debates going on here: > > (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that > simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? > Here, I belie

RE: marx on money

1994-03-07 Thread Jim Devine
On Sat, 5 Mar 1994 23:25:14 -0500 (EST) Doug Henwood said: > >On Fri, 4 Mar 1994, Jim Devine wrote: > >> (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that >> simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? >> Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree: it is the la

RE: marx on money

1994-03-07 Thread Jim Devine
On Sat, 5 Mar 1994 23:25:14 -0500 (EST) Doug Henwood said: > >On Fri, 4 Mar 1994, Jim Devine wrote: > >> (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that >> simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? >> Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree: it is the la

RE: marx on money

1994-03-05 Thread Doug Henwood
On Fri, 4 Mar 1994, Jim Devine wrote: > (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that > simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? > Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree: it is the latter. Gil Skillman > disagrees with us. Depends on what's done

RE: marx on money

1994-03-05 Thread Doug Henwood
On Fri, 4 Mar 1994, Jim Devine wrote: > (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that > simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? > Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree: it is the latter. Gil Skillman > disagrees with us. Depends on what's done

Re: Marx on Money

1994-03-05 Thread S8800034
Dear Jim, A lot of debates on pen-l are foundered on misunderstandingd ogf previous postings. So thanks for your 2 point su mmary of the areas of agreement disagreement re use-value and money--they are entirely accurate.

Re: Marx on Money

1994-03-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id
Dear Jim, A lot of debates on pen-l are foundered on misunderstandingd ogf previous postings. So thanks for your 2 point su mmary of the areas of agreement disagreement re use-value and money--they are entirely accurate.

Re: Marx on Money

1994-03-05 Thread S8800034
Jim's reply to my comment that there were times when Marx saw use-value as quantitative was (IMHO) correct to describe Marx as having two ways of referring to use-value: as a thing "a by bicycle is a use-value" and a set of objective (not subjective) qualities. He contrasted this to the neoclassic

Re: Marx on Money

1994-03-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id
Jim's reply to my comment that there were times when Marx saw use-value as quantitative was (IMHO) correct to describe Marx as having two ways of referring to use-value: as a thing "a by bicycle is a use-value" and a set of objective (not subjective) qualities. He contrasted this to the neoclassic

RE: marx on money

1994-03-04 Thread Jim Devine
Victor, thanks for the analysis of the context of the sentence quoted by Marx. But there are two debates going on here: (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree:

RE: marx on money

1994-03-04 Thread Jim Devine
Victor, thanks for the analysis of the context of the sentence quoted by Marx. But there are two debates going on here: (1) does money-lending lead to the creation of surplus-value or is that simply an illusion arising from the fetishism of commodities? Here, I believe, Steve Keen and I agree:

Re: Re Marx on Money

1994-03-03 Thread Jim Devine
On Thu, 03 Mar 1994 07:35:06 +1000 Steve Keen said: >First of all, the original quote: >"As in the case of labour-power, the use-value of money here >is its capacity of creating value--a value greater than it >contains." Capital Vol 3, p. 392. > >It is clear from that quote that--in this context--

Re: Re Marx on Money

1994-03-03 Thread Jim Devine
On Thu, 03 Mar 1994 07:35:06 +1000 Steve Keen said: >First of all, the original quote: >"As in the case of labour-power, the use-value of money here >is its capacity of creating value--a value greater than it >contains." Capital Vol 3, p. 392. > >It is clear from that quote that--in this context--

Re Marx on Money

1994-03-03 Thread S8800034
On March 1, Jim Devine quoted my 26 Feb posting: "(concerning the quote from Marx about M-M') >Re whether the analysis fits within the structure of volume >I of capital. I would argue that it can, as I detailed beforehand, >but that there's no way Marx (or I) argued that it is a source of >surplu

Re Marx on Money

1994-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id
On March 1, Jim Devine quoted my 26 Feb posting: "(concerning the quote from Marx about M-M') >Re whether the analysis fits within the structure of volume >I of capital. I would argue that it can, as I detailed beforehand, >but that there's no way Marx (or I) argued that it is a source of >surplu