Re: Historical Materialism

["Ian Murray" <seamus2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: [PEN-L:22558] Historical Materialism


> Historical Materialism
> by Justin Schwartz
> 07 February 2002 05:59 UTC
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> >As we've all been remiss in pointing out until now, the most
> >powerful critique of Capital -- in the last decade at the very
> >least -- makes no use whatsoever of value theory. What is missing
> >from that book............."Wall Street", that value theory would
> >make substantive improvements on?
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> well, we have it from very wise people that you can't begin to understand or
> explain capitalism without value theory, we're stucvk at the level of mere
> ecletic phenomenal static description. Sorry, Doug.
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> jks
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> ^^^^^^^
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> CB: Actually, you can begin to explain capitalism without value theory, you just can't get
anywhere near finishing explaining it without value theory.
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What do you mean by finishing explaining capitalism? Is there one true way to explain capitalism?
Have we transcended Q-D in political economy?

Ian