From: Gerald A. Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Fri Feb 27 2004 - 09:08:11 EST
While we're on the topic of the presence or absence of Say's Law in Marxian theories, is the following paper by Takuya Sato relevant to our discussion? http://www.gre.ac.uk/~fa03/iwgvt/files/00sato.rtf Sato's paper "Marx's Concept of Service and the Criticism of Say's Law: The Japanese Controversy Regarding Productive and Unproductive Labour", as the title suggests, primarily concerns a different topic, i.e. whether service workers are productive or unproductive of surplus value (an issue I recall discussing with former member Jurriaan Bendien several years ago [1]). My question, though, is: does Marx's critique of Say on the topic of productive and unproductive labour (and whether a service is a commodity) have any relevance for our discussion now? In solidarity, Jerry [1] Discussion on whether service labour is productive or unproductive took place in January, 1998 and September, 1999. Jurriaan, Michael W, Ian H, Allin, Fred and others participated.
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