Re: value and gender

[g kohler <gko15@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Devine wrote:

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[quote]
This case above is a case where the rate of surplus-value is different for
different groups of workers (and could apply instead to different ethnic
groups, e.g., Blacks vs. Whites in the USA).

In my article on the so-called "transformation problem" (in RESEARCH IN
POLITICAL ECONOMY, vol. 12, 1990. Paul Zarembka, ed.), I have the following
equation for the transfer of value between sectors. Instead of center vs.
periphery, it can be stated in terms of transfer between a dominant and a
dominated group:

TR1 = Vm d + S'(q1/q - 1) TV1 + D + (z1 - z) Vm tk1   (p. 31)

where TR1 = transfer of surplus-value to the dominant group
Vm = the value claim of a unit of money
d = deviation of dominant group's selling price over dominated group's price
S' = over-all rate of surplus-value
q1 = a measure of the organic composition in the dominant group.
q = the over-all measure of the organic composition
TV1 = total variable capital in the dominant group.
D = excess of rate of surplus-value of the dominant group over the dominated
group's rate of surplus-value.
the last term refers to the role of unproductive labor.

In Gernot's example, d = 0, q1/q = 1 and the last term is irrelevant, so
that

TR1 = D.

the only kind of transfer of value is due to unequal exchange of Emmanuel's
type, though it can happen even if the "exchange" occurs within a factory,
as
in Gernot's example.
[end quote]


A very exciting formula. I have to get the full article on my next trip to
the library. Could the formula also be applied in a transnational situation
as, e.g., when a Haitian sweatshop produces for the Disney global
corporation and the US market? Is the currency exchange somehow built into
your expression Vm (value claim of a unit of money) or would your formula
require an extension?

Gernot

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