I would like to endorse the following suggestion by Michael
Perelman:
> I am very impressed with the learning that many of you have displayed
> about the forces which affect the value system, but I think that Marx
> wrote to further political work. He used his analysis of values as a
> means of showing the nature of exploitation and the weakness and
> vulnerabilities of capitalism. Maybe we could try to make that
> connection.
So, the proposed subject is "value and the weaknesses and
vulnerabilities of capitalism"
Paul B.