RE: [OPE] Abstract Labor (a note for Dave Zachariah)

From: GERALD LEVY <gerald_a_levy@msn.com>
Date: Thu Mar 05 2009 - 14:19:41 EST

> There is not a shred of historical evidence that it was the state which originally invented money, [...]
> [...] it takes only a day of focused research to make total mincemeat of the PostKeynesian
> explanation about the origin of money.
> The PostKeynesians do not offer any proof that originally the state invented money. Why? Because
> there is no evidence, and the proof is impossible.
 
 
 
Jurriaan:
 
 
You do not help your argument, or convince anyone, anywhere, with claims like the above.
 
 
> arrrogant Marxists who claim that Smith, Ricardo and Keynes got it right all along. They don't know
> what they are talking about, they haven't studied the literature and they haven't studied the economic
> history.
 
 
Ditto.
 
Have you ever considered that you might come off at times as arrogant to those who read your posts?
 
 
In solidarity, Jerry
 
 

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