From: ajit sinha (sinha_a99@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Wed May 09 2007 - 11:24:13 EDT
--- glevy@PRATT.EDU wrote: > > I think if we take a purely natural science point > of > > view then the notion of surplus must meltdown. One > way > > to look at the system would be to specify > subsistence > > wage per unit of labor service in terms of goods > and > > put it on the side of inputs. These inputs produce > the > > total labor service as output and thus account for > all > > the labor in the system. Now the net output of the > > system can be interpreted as conversion of > resources > > that are economically free such as air, water, > sun, > > etc. I think they could be modeled in the system > with > > zero prices. We can define wages as anything above > the > > given subsistence and work out the distrbution of > > "free natural resources" between wages and > profits. > > This way we could maintain the conservation > principle. > > What do you think? > > Hi Ajit: > > Which conservation principle in the natural sciences > are you > referring to and how does that relate to > conservation principles > which have been suggested for political economy? ___________________ I think there is only one conservation principle in natural science (I mean physics) and that is conservation of total energy. I do not know of any conservation principle in political economy. What are they? Now, don't tell me the normalisation equation used by some Marxists in the transformation problem as, total value = total prices of production is your conservation principle of political economy. That would be non-sense. __________________________ > > The most fundamental conservation principle in the > natural > sciences refers to the conservation of *matter*. In > that regard, > even if all life were destroyed on this planet (and > elsewhere), > matter would still be conserved. Ashes to ashes, > dust to dust .... ______________________ Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust is the conservation principle of christianity and not natural science! Matter can be converted to energy. Cheers, ajit sinha > > In solidarity, Jerry > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
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