Charles Andrews, a writer/activist from the San Francisco Bay Area, has joined OPE-L. Charles is the author of _From Capitalism to Equality_ (which he describes below) and _Profit Fever_, a book about the political economy of health care. In the Web site listed below you will also find a number of "topical commentaries" on various issues including globalization. The following is his introduction: ------------------------------------------------------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "charlie" <charles1848@value.net> > Dear OPE-L: > > Thank you for inviting me to OPE-L, especially to Paul Zarembka, > who took the initiative when he knows only my new book, > From Capitalism to Equality > An Inquiry into the Laws of Economic Change > > In this book I try to do three things: > 1) Explain the persistent decline in the median conditions of > life and work in the U.S. since 1973. I could only do this by > using the labor theory of value. > 2) Give a popular but rigorous introduction to the labor theory > of value. Whether or not you are not ready to assign Capital for > a course, for example, I believe you will find this book > suitable. It relies on contributions to the theory made over the > last twenty years by many people on this list, although it is an > examination of (primarily U.S.) capitalism, not an account of > debates. > 3) Suggest principles of a socialist economy that flow from the > explanation sought in point 1. These principles support a > renewed socialist vision for highly developed economies. > > The publisher's Web site for this book is at > http://www.LaborRepublic.org. > You can find the table of contents and additional details there. > > I have no academic position, which must have disadvantages that I > hope people will point out as they show up, but it does signal > that my efforts in theory are for practical ends (but not > pragmatic). > > Regards, > > Charles Andrews -------------------------------------------------------------- Charles: welcome aboard! In solidarity, Jerry
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