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At 07:43 PM 6/30/2000 -0400, fred wrote:
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>A quick reply to Andrew T. (3545).
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>Andrew, thanks for you kind words. I agree that capitalists can use
>credit to initiate the circuit of capital. But I do not agree with
>Kalecki that capitalists earn what they spend. I agree instead with
>Marx that what capitalists earn is produced by the surplus labor of
>workers. What about you?
>
>Comradely,
>Fred
>
I think the point of Marx and Kalecki, rather, is that what capitalists
*realise* (of the surplus value extracted from workers) is determined by
what they spend.
in solidarity,
miker
Michael A. Lebowitz
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