From: Paul Zarembka (zarembka@BUFFALO.EDU)
Date: Thu Apr 22 2004 - 14:02:12 EDT
Your answer leaves the field wide open for any all responses, no delimitation of the issues at hand. I'm unsure I have time to begin such a process. Paul ************************************************************************* Vol.21-Neoliberalism in Crisis, Accumulation, and Rosa Luxemburg's Legacy RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Zarembka/Soederberg, eds, Elsevier Science ********************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Gerald A. Levy wrote: > Hi Paul Z. > > [Jerry asked] > > First, an abstract, hypothetical question: > > Suppose the wages of productive workers has gone up by 10% > > and there is an increase in v of 10%. In this case, > > the increase in v would not necessarily cause a increase in > > the quantity of exploited workers. Supposing also that c > > goes up -- and thus c & v simultaneously rise -- would this > > by your understanding represent an increase in the > > accumulation of capital? > [Paul Z replied] > > You want to hold c/v, the organic composition of capital, fixed. > > I'm trying to clarify the conditions under which there can be an > accumulation and de-accumulation of capital according to your > definition. _I_ don't want the OCC to be fixed (and I don't think that's > what happens ordinarily when there is an increase in the accumulation > of capital). > > > But v > > increasing confused a distribution question (s/v changing) with a > > technological. Can I answer you using c/(v+s), which avoid the > > distributional qustion? > > I want clarification and dialogue so, sure, I don't mind if you > _begin_ by answering the question you would have preferred > that I ask provided you then attempt to answer the question that > I did ask, OK? > > (btw, I don't think that changes in s/v should be only seen as > a distribution question. Nor do I think that changes in the > accumulation of capital are necessarily or only indications of > technological changes.) > > In solidarity, Jerry > > >
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