>Rakesh,
>
>Self-effacement ("autodidact") is unjustified and inconsistent with the
>fervor of your interventions.
Paul Z, I just didn't want my fervent email posts to lumped in with
the rigorous published work of Carchedi, Freeman and Kliman; wanted
to make sure that the defects of my posts are not used to question
their work. Moreover, in pointing to my debt to Grossmann and Mattick
Sr, I wanted to imply that there may be differences between them (and
hence me) and TSS. One difference has already come up in the
treatment of constant capital. Kliman in my opinion misinterprets
Grossmann's use of Bauer's scheme. Siddharth Chatterjee brilliantly
defended TSS on marxmail.org and while I agreed with much of what he
was saying, i raised specific objections (re: the v=0 assumption, the
confusion between the mass and rate of profit).
> Also, self-definition as particular
>person's "student" doesn't strike me terribly progressive.
But I have learned from them and above all from Marx. It's just the
fact of the matter.
>
> Aren't we are
>supposed to be treating (even) ourselves with respect and not subservient
>to others?
Does having learned from someone make you subservient to them? From
your open style I am sure you have many people who consider
themselves to be your students while not being subservient to you.
Yours, Rakesh
ps I'm moving and then offline for almost two months, so this is my
last day for a while. Wish everyone a pleasant summer.
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