[OPE-L:6394] THE MONTH IN REVIEW [March, 1998]

Gerald Levy (glevy@pratt.edu)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 05:29:28 -0500 (est)

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**** AT A GLANCE ****

Participation: 28 of 60 [46.6%]

Volume: 160 posts

Most discussed topic: "historical, real and current costs"

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**** TOPICS DISCUSSED THIS MONTH ****

A. Thread discussed at *greatest length* (20 or more posts):
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o HISTORICAL, REAL AND CURRENT COSTS [continuation of last month's
"Marx and historical costs" thread; includes "historical costs";
"El Chunche"; "more on MELT"; and "value and labor-time"]
(-76- posts).

B. Threads discussed *at length* (10-19 posts):
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o RATES OF PROFIT? [includes "two rates of profit?"] (14);

o (MONOPOLY) RATES OF PROFIT? (15);

o WHAT DO YOU TEACH IN YOUR MICRO AND IO CLASSES? [IO= industrial
organization; out of "research objectives" thread; includes
"teaching micro"] (10).

C. *Other topics discussed*:
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o VALUE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK;

o IMPACT OF MARX AND NARX-CRITICS ON THE "COMMON PEOPLE";

o RESEARCH OBJECTIVES [out of and includes "of mice and cats"];

o QUERY (ON DEPRECIATION);

o REMEMBERING A FALLEN COMRADE [on occasion of 115 anniversary of
Marx's death];

o VARIABLE CAPITAL AND THE DETERMINATION OF VALUE [out of
"historical, real and current costs" thread].

D. *Procedural discussions*:
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o ARCHIVES [re-discussion of archives policy. Discussion this month
centered on a request from Ajit to which 5 members took a position
on-list];

o PUBLIC CHARGES AND SECRET EVIDENCE [out of "historical, real and
current costs" thread; concerns circumstances relating to the
unsubscription of Mike W and statements by the "moderator" and
others re that topic; includes "procedural whinge"].

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OVERALL, March was *slow*. Participation was somewhat better than recent
months but volume was down. Part of the reason for the downturn was
that the "galaxy" server was processing requests very slowly and also
off-line during a large chunk of the month. Still worse, some posts were
apparently "lost in space", i.e. sent but never posted.

There were no members added this month, but our ranks diminished when
Mike Williams resigned. Mike has played an important and positive
role in many list discussions and his sharp insight, good humor, and
comradeship will be sorely missed.

In solidarity, Jerry

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