From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Tue Sep 11 2007 - 06:20:36 EDT
> My problem with the TSSI is that > they don't succeed in doing what they claim. They don't make Marx > consistent; Hi David: Yes, I agree - but for reasons you didn't suggest. Within the Kliman-McGlone interpretation of the transformation, prices of production can change for reasons excluded by Marx. This was demonstrated very concincingly by Fred. Fred and I, though, differ on the implications of his critique. I think he is not really aware or is unwilling to accept the force of his own critique. I think it's very clear that *if* the Kliman-McGlone position on what can change prices of production within the context of the transformation is correct, *then* Marx's perspective *must be* logically inconsistent and the Kliman-McGlone perspective on what can change prices of production is a *superior* theory to that suggested by Marx. The irony here is obvious: if the Kliman-McGlone perspective is accepted then they have succeeded in demonstrating conclusively that Marx's theory was internally inconsistent: the "defenders of Marx" are thus revealed as the "correctors" of Marx! If they were to accept the fact that they have suggested a plausible *correction* of Marx's perspective then we could begin to move to the next question: is their *new theory* actually a superior theory to that advanced by other theorists, including Marx? That is, we could address their perspective outside of the narrow and stale focus on hermeneutics. In solidarity, Jerry
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