On Sun, 1 Oct 1995 Michael Perelman <michael@ecst.csuchico.edu> said:
>> >
>>
>> It seems to me that once again we are into one of the problems of
CAPITAL
>> -- the measurement of abstract labor. For Marx, the only concrete
labor
>> that is immediately abstract is the labor that produces gold, the
universal
>> equivalent. For me, that means that other concrete labors become
abstract
>> only via the process of exchange. To add up the concete labor times in
>> society might be an interesting exercise for those studying to be modern
>> economists but I am unclear about what this has to do with Marx's
efforts
>> in CAPITAL.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
>If nobody else is interested, I will drop the subject, but it has to do
with
>the extent to which the method of Capital is quantitative, qualitative, or
>both.
>
>
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>Michael Perelman
>Economics Department
>California State University
>Chico, CA 95929
>
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>
I think there is interest and hope that my post, at least, says that there
is.
John