From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Mon Sep 29 2003 - 11:26:33 EDT
Paul C wrote: > I agree that with respect to Sraffa's definintion of the > basic sector being commodities that enter into all commodities > there is here no basic sector. But that is what I am trying to > probe - the possibility that instead of a single basic sector > there could be self sufficient islands within the i/o table. With respect to capitalism, how can sectors be "self sufficient islands"? Isn't the inter-connectedness of capital across sectors a distinguishing feature of capitalism? Or are you exploring the possibility of "self sufficient islands" outside of -- yet 'co-existing' with -- capitalism? If so, perhaps Marx's critique of Utopianism has some relevance. Then again, maybe I just don't understand _why_ you are interested in this topic. In solidarity, Jerry
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