From: Allin Cottrell (cottrell@WFU.EDU)
Date: Thu Sep 22 2005 - 21:17:30 EDT
On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Ian Wright wrote: > The "self-reproducing non-basics" are a subset of the non-basics > (all of which have basics as input either directly or indirectly) > that happen to also have themselves as input. > > "Self-reproducing" in this context does not mean that the "beans" > can be produced without other commodities. Would, say, race horses count as an example of self-reproducing non-basics? And is the problem that (say) it might be the case that the reproduction rate of race horses implies a rate of profit in excess of what can be achieved in the basic sector, so that one can't have a uniform rate of profit without shenanigans? (Sorry, I'm haven't studied Sraffa that closely, so I'm feeling my way here.) Allin Cottrell
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