From: ajit sinha (sinha_a99@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Wed Mar 14 2007 - 11:08:17 EDT
--- Jerry Levy <Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM> wrote: > Hi Ajit: > > > We seem to be held up on some points. I have asked > myself why and I think I now know the answer -- for > which I thank you. In this dialogue I sought to > first > define basic terms and make some simple stipulations > in the hope > that we could put "on the table" what we could > agree on before > moving to other topics. Thus, I have purposely > avoided > mentioning and explaining VALUE yet. I was > planning on getting > to that topic, of course, but not right away. I > thought, instead, > that we could approach in stages that subject by > first discussing > related topics (commodities, money, wage-labor, > etc.) so that > value could be grasped in relation to those topics. > > > > That's one thing but to deduce from it that all > the > > wealth owned by the capitalist is produced by > > wage-labor is wrong. Land is wealth and could be > owned > > by the capitalist but in no case is produced by > > wage-labor. > > > I agree with that: not all wealth is produced by > human labor > nor by wage-labor. Indeed, that's a point I have > made many > times on this list. The reason wanted to deal > initially with only > wealth produced by wage-labor is because I didn't > want at this > stage of my discussion with you to distinguish > wealth from > VALUE. I was quite aware of the (over-) > simplification that I > was making but made that (over-) simplification > anyway for the > purpose _only_ of discussion. I now see that was a > mistake. > Thanks. > > > I'll give your other comments some thought. But, > more > importantly, I'll have to re-think the sequence in > which the > propositions have been made and WHEN the subjects > that > will be more controversial related to labor and > value are > first presented. So, I'm not cutting-off the > exchange but rather > putting it temporarily on hold. I did say that we > would proceed > *slowly*, as you will recall. > > > In solidarity, Jerry ____________________ Perfectly fine with me. Take your time. ajit > ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
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