From: Gerald Levy (jerry_levy@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2008 - 15:19:25 EDT
> Is this the goal of most Marxists: fixing labour tokens proportional to > labour values and casting aside prices? Is it your goal too? Alejandro: I doubt that this is the "goal" of any - let alone, most - Marxists. Most Marxians, I think, would be hesitant about making (over-) generalizations about the issue of labor tokens and prices in socialist societies. These are issues that have to be thought through concretely - and, perhaps, also pragmatically - within the context of particular socialist social formations. It is important, furthermore, to separate - both analytically and for purposes of communication - the question of value, profits, and prices in a capitalist society from questions associated with ratios and relations of exchange in a socialist society. The "transformation problem" is a debate situated firmly in the former and only confusion can result from interjecting TP issues into a debate about socialism. Furthermore, one must be clear - if one wishes to discuss the TP - whether one is primarily discussing Marx's logic or whether one is making an empirical claim about the actual functioning of capitalist economies. It is my sense that the participants in this debate are sometimes discussing issues at cross purposes. So, if you and others can pick one topic for debate at a time, that would be helpful. In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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