Hi Alfredo [6903], I try to shed some (small) light on the 'abstract labour' issue in my answer to Rakesh [6904]. comradely Nicky At 05:03 5/04/02 EST, you wrote: >I like a lot of the things that Rakesh says in [6902], with respect to >slavery and value-form. Perhaps one way to link the two strands of the debate >is through the following question: > >--Is slave labour *abstract labour*? If so, under what circumstances (i.e., >more generally, what makes labour *abstract*); if not, how is this compatible >with the obvious fact that slaves in the New World produced commodities for >the world market? > >This question was raised by Duncan in [3270], a long time ago - but he raised >it as a *question*, and no clear answer was provided by the debate on the >list. > >alfredo. > > ----------------------- Nicola Taylor Faculty of Economics Murdoch University South Street Murdoch W.A. 6150 Australia Tel. 61 8 9385 1130 email: n.taylor@stu.murdoch.edu.au
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