[PEN-L] Re: empiricism in p.e.

[Gerald Levy <glevy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Why
> is it "more important to determine the rate of exploitation through a
> rejection of wage share" than to explore income polarlization? What does it
> reveal?

You seem to be asking: "what does exploitation reveal?" [!]

> In
> general, "productive" workers are better paid than "unproductive" ones -
> who feels and looks more exploited.

To define productive and unproductive labour, don't you first have to
define surplus value?

> Value categories may be important for
> examining the inner dynamics of capitalist economies,

Well ... that's certainly a wishy-washy statement. Are they important or
are they not? If they are important, how are they important? Please be
specific.

Jerry