Sweezey and Stalin

[Rod Hay <rodhay@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The excerpt from Sweezy can be read at several levels. The most literal
is that which Jim D and Michael have read it. At this level it is a
technical question about the law of value. But the law of value had
consequences in Stalin's Russia. One's position on a theory of value had
consequences for political direction. And the consequence was often
death.

Now whether we can take the 1930s politics of Russia and transform it to
New York in 1953 is another question. The context of Sweezy (a non-CP
socialist) quoting Stalin on the theory of value has not been explored.
It obviously does not have the same context as Russia in the 1930s. But
what is the political context?

Rod

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