From: Francisco Paulo Cipolla (cipolla@sociais.ufpr.br)
Date: Thu Oct 10 2002 - 17:25:19 EDT
Jerry, Marx seems to mean the creation of new necessities, that is new use values. Check pages 406, 407, 409 and in between of the Grundrisse 1993, Penguin edition. I am running out now but intend to return to this issue on OPE-L. Paulo gerald_a_levy wrote: > 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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