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On the necessity of socialism

 On the necessity of socialism
by Doug Henwood
22 February 2002 05:30 UTC


Sabri Oncu wrote:

>P.S: Any forecasts on when we will be able to solve this
>transformation problem?

Never. It was a ruse devised by the bourgeoisie to occupy the
attention of otherwise smart and knowledgeable Marxian economists on
something addictively divisive but politically irrelevant.

Doug

^^^^^^^^

Charles:  Isn't it worse than that ?  Marx asserts as principle the insolubility of the transformation problem.  The unsystematic relationship between value and prices is symptomatic of the basic anarchy of capitalist production. If the problem were "solved" , Marx would be refuted.

(Sorry to be serious on a joke thread )
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