Re: [OPE] TSSI versus probabalistic interpretation of value theory

From: Dave Zachariah <davez@kth.se>
Date: Sun Sep 21 2008 - 11:20:47 EDT

on 2008-09-21 15:13 Alejandro Agafonow wrote:
>
> Zachariah, the article you mentioned. Is it only in Swedish?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> A. Agafonow

I'm afraid it is only in Swedish.

PS. you may use my first name.
//Dave Z

>
>
> ----- Mensaje original ----
> De: Dave Zachariah <davez@kth.se>
> Para: Outline on Political Economy mailing list <ope@lists.csuchico.edu>
> Enviado: domingo, 21 de septiembre, 2008 14:54:00
> Asunto: Re: [OPE] TSSI versus probabalistic interpretation of value theory
>
> Paul, I think Anders is overestimating the status of Marxist economics
> in Sweden. There are only a handful of people on the Left who actually
> know what the transformation problem is about. To bring in a discussion
> on TSSI etc. will only obscure the relevant content of the labour theory
> of value.
>
> I have already published an article in Clarté that popularises Farjoun
> and Machover's framework. It contains an implicit critique of TSSI and
> all other "production price" approaches. So it is a matter of spreading
> the article among interested leftists in Sweden rather than writing a
> new one.
>
> //Dave Z
>
>
> on 2008-09-21 14:15 Paul Cockshott wrote:
> > I got the email below from the editor of the Swedish Journal
> > Clarte, is there anyone on the list who could take up
> > his request for a review article comparing the TSSI and
> > probabalistic interpretations of value theory?
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > From: anders axelsson [mailto:axelssonanders@telia.com
> <mailto:axelssonanders@telia.com>]
> > Sent: Sat 9/20/2008 10:59 AM
> > To: Paul Cockshott
> > Subject: TSSI
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > I was listening to Alan Freeman who was talking about the importens of
> > Marx today, in thursday on European Social Forum in Malmo, Sweden.
> > When he was talking about Marx and the theory of labour value I
> think he
> > was mentioned you and Cottrell three or four times and that it was
> > problem with the probabalistic angel. The whole thing was a bit
> > strange because he never discused the difference in any
> detalies, he
> > mere mentioned it. And I wonder how much the young activist´s did
> > understand of it.
> >
> > And now I wounder if it:
> > a) whould be a good idea to introduce in a popular sense the differens
> > between the probabalistic and the the TSSI approach for a swedesh
> > audience, or if it would do more harm than good?
> > b) If it is a good idea I think i would be good if it could be an
> > article of someone that not is a distinct representative of any of the
> > to schools. Do there already exist such a text or is there anyone who
> > could write such a an article?
> > c) Or are there another way to handel this?
> >
> > /Anders
> >
> >
> > Paul Cockshott
> > Dept of Computing Science
> > University of Glasgow
> > +44 141 330 1629
> > www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc/reports/
> >
> >
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