on 2008-12-09 16:03 Paul Cockshott wrote:
>
> This of course has been the subject of much discussion on the list,
> whether abstract
>
> Labour is a property of the market or is ‘simple undifferentiated
> expenditure of human energy’
>
> And as such something prior to and a condition of existence of, markets.
>
Is it not possible to bridge some of this ground? One can construct a
theoretical concept such as (general) 'abstract labour'. Then the
discussion between both positions would be whether such a theoretical
concept is any useful in for understanding real economies or whether it
has any causal relations to them, capitalist or otherwise.
//Dave Z
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