From: GERALD LEVY (gerald_a_levy@msn.com)
Date: Sun Apr 13 2008 - 08:40:13 EDT
> the btopic of money in non capitalist states is really important to reconsider > if we are thinking of post capitalist or transition processes, tghis is why I am > concerned here with the further past. Hi Paul B: OK: you're concerned about the subject of the organization of post-capitalist societies. What I don't really see, though, is the relevance of that subject to the historical questions associated with the role of money in ancient societies. The subject of whether there should be money, quasi -money (like "Soviet Accounting Tokens"), barter or something else (and, more generally what monetary policy should be) in post-capitalist societies should (and will as a practical question, in the societies in question) be discussed irrespective of the particular origin of and form that money took in pre-capitalist societies. If there is some particular question at issue in this debate between Paul C and yourself related to monetary policies in post-capitalist societies, then I don't know what it is. A sentence or two explaining why you think the ancient historical question is relevant to money (or lack thereof) in p-cap societies would be appreciated. Thanks. In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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