Re: [OPE-L] Commentary on _Beyond Capital_

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

At 12:59 10/04/2005, Jerry wrote:


> There is no mention in the
> commentary of the 'other' _Beyond
> Capital_ -- the second edition of which received the 2004 Deutscher
> Prize.  More surprising still is that there is no mention in the
> 1995
> Meszaros _Beyond Capital_  (which, including the
> "Preface", is well over
> 1,000 pages) of the 1992 first edition of Michael L's _Beyond 
> Capital_.

        

Istvan and
I have arm-wrestled over this-- especially over the similarity of the
titles; he says he worked for 20 years on his under that title. Of
course, the titles really are different (mine is  _Beyond
Capital_ ). Historical Materialism asked me to review his book, I
think in 1993 or 1994), and I rashly agreed but only if he agreed to
review my book. Nothing ever came of it--- I think I got off easy.

        

in
solidarity,

        

m

Michael A. Lebowitz

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