From: Riccardo Bellofiore (riccardo.bellofiore@UNIBG.IT)
Date: Tue Nov 29 2005 - 10:33:40 EST
At 8:27 -0500 29-11-2005, Jerry Levy wrote: > >PS: as for the first question, [excluding myself] aren't most >of the 'best' Marxist economists right here on OPE-L? I don't know why, but on this I had perfect foresight about what was the right answer (though I would include you, and exclude myself) btw, I agree with your criteria in the 70s I would have had an easier answer. knowing German, I would have gone in Germany to study with Backhaus or Reichelt on the value-form (though, or because, they were not economists), in France with Suzanne de Brunhoff on money (a most underdeveloped area at the time), in Italy (early 70s) with Napoleoni (who at the time had an open attitude in taking up again the Marxian labour theory of value as sound economic theory, but without any neo-orthodox tendency, taht is recognizing how problematic was Marx's legacy). today, I would go to look at the New School in the US, Paris X in France. and Utah, because Hans work on Capital's translation from German is wonderful. but I must confess that the choice is influenced also by the cities. but I fear that there is no single place, and I would strongly advice to learn French, Spanish (because the Latin America is the most lively political place) and German (because Marx wrote in German). rb ps: if there is somebody who knows Italian, or enjoy seeing a debate on Marx in Italian without understanding a word, but with the secretary of the Italian comunist party in it, for some time the afternoon of the Bergamo conference on Italian marxism may be seen through the web. A lot of people came -- Riccardo Bellofiore Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Hyman P. Minsky" Università di Bergamo Via dei Caniana 2 I-24127 Bergamo, Italy e-mail: riccardo.bellofiore@unibg.it direct +39-035-2052545 secretary +39-035 2052501 fax: +39 035 2052549 homepage: http://www.unibg.it/pers/?riccardo.bellofiore
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