From: gerald_a_levy (gerald_a_levy@msn.com)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 07:43:21 EDT
Re [7783]: "Jerry, the inner need to product differentiation is developed by Marx in the Grundrisse: it comes out of the process of increasing productivity which tends to saturate social need (=demand at market value). It is posed as the conflict between the endless expansion of value by capital versus limited capacity to absorb use value on the part of humans. Unfortunately I donīt have any more time now but I am very interested in this > topic." Hi Paolo. What are the sections and page numbers of the _Grundrisse_ where this is discussed? I suspect that you (and Rakesh) are interpreting the expression 'product differentiation' more generally than I was. I was using the expression to mean, rather than an expansion of use-values generally, a particular competitive strategy undertaken by firms in highly concentrated markets. In solidarity, Jerry
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