From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Mon Oct 22 2007 - 10:16:26 EDT
(Anders, replying to Gary, wrote:) > - But only the title you must have known would have been very > offending: "Vulgar economy in a Marxian garb", nothing like a "TSSI: > a well intended but unsuccessful attempt to solve fundamental issues > in Marxian Economy". Hi Anders: Sorry, but I can't let that pass. You think that's "offending", do you? How about the title of a 2004 paper presented to the EEA "LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND SCREPANTI'S CRITIQUE OF MARX" ? In defense and explanation that title, the author wrote: "My title suggests that Screpanti's *critique* of Marx ... is equivalent to a damned lie." (emphasis in original). I don't recall a single person who has been sympathetic to the TSSI ever publicly being critical of that title selection. Saying that a perspective represents "vulgar economy" (something that has a specific meaning in Marx's writings and is not merely a pejorative) is one thing. Saying that one has a critique which is "equivalent to a damned lie" is quite another! If you don't see the difference, I suggest you talk to scholars in other fields. In solidarity, Jerry
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