From: Ian Hunt (ian.hunt@FLINDERS.EDU.AU)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2008 - 01:51:59 EST
Dear Paul,
I am not sure how the various terms you propose fit the case where C
increases but V does not. If I have you right, you distinguish
between 'accumulation' which involves increase of C and V and
'accumulation of capital', which involves increase of C without
increase of V, due to either getting workers to work longer hours on
more means of production ('production of absolute surplus value') or
getting fewer workers to work on more productive means of production
('production of relative surplus value') so that the organic
composition of capital increases or the 'materialized composition of
capital increases'. Is this what you mean to say/
Cheers,
Ian
Associate Professor Ian Hunt
Dept of Philosophy
School of Humanities
Flinders University
Box 2100, GPO,
Adelaide, 5001
On 08/01/2008, at 4:12 PM, Paul Zarembka wrote:
> Ian,
>
> I would use 'accumulation of capital', 'production of absolute surplus
> value' and 'production of relative surplus value' to capture a reality
> being subject to discussion, perhaps also adding in 'materialized
> composition of capital' and/or 'organic composition of capital'.
> Would you
> see a resulting problem thereby?
>
> Paul
>
> --On 1/8/2008 10:28 AM +1030 Ian Hunt wrote:
>
>> Dear Paul,
>> I am confused: what you give sounds like a definition of accumulation
>> that requires another term for cases where C increases but V does
>> not. What is the term you propose for that, since it does not count
>> as 'accumulation' by your definition?
>> Cheers,
>> Ian
>>
>>> Jerry,
>>>
>>> This is it and I don't know of anyone before me who defined
>>> accumulation
>>> of capital like this:
>>>
>>> "Accumulation of capital is increase of wage-labor with associated
>>> constant capital".
>>>
>>> I'm pretty far along in a book around this issue.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> --On 1/7/2008 3:00 PM +0100 GERALD LEVY wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Paul Z:
>>>>
>>>> (The following question does not relate directly to what Jurriaan
>>>> wrote or what is in the glossary:)
>>>>
>>>> From our previous discussions I recall that you used a different
>>>> expression than accumulation of capital to refer to a situation
>>>> where the quantity of money productively invested in capital
>>>> grew but where the quantity of V remained constant. What
>>>> was that expression again? I forgot. And where did that
>>>> expression originate?
>>>>
>>>> In solidarity, Jerry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Associate Professor Ian Hunt,
>> Dept of Philosophy, School of Humanities,
>> Director, Centre for Applied Philosophy,
>> Flinders University of SA,
>> Humanities Building,
>> Bedford Park, SA, 5042,
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> ********************* http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/
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