A question concerning Steve Keen's OPE-L 4189. You referred to "a system which, if stated in the form of dynamic equations, would have more unknowns than equations. In such a system, any[] argument is possible--even, for example, that capital is the only source of value and labour only maintains its value input." My question is, this. Don't such arguments (when they are also stated in the form of dynamic equations) supply the missing equations? I don't see the mathematical problem. I realize you disagree with this theory, Steve, but isn't that a different matter? P.S. I agree with you on the need for theories and interpretations to be susceptible of empirical disconfirmation (though I also think confirming evidence can sometimes be meaningful; it is a matter of probabilities). I also agree with you about the importance of use-value in Marx's work, even including the proposition that it is by virtue of the consumption of its use-value that labor-power adds new value. Andrew Kliman
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