[OPE-L:4475] Re: [BRUCE] Re: value and productivity in

aramos@aramos.b (aramos@aramos.bo)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 02:56:30 -0800 (PST)

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Re Andrew K's ope-l 4468:

Andrew:

Alejandro, I *did* provide the figures for physical output, above
Table 1. These figures were applicable to all three tables [...]
So your physical quantities arent right. The reason is that
"productivity" is measured in the tables as ("net
product")/(living labor) instead of (output)/(dead labor + living
labor)... Accordingly, Bruces unit values are correct. Yours are
not.

Alejandro:

Well, the matter is not clear in your *draft*. In any case, I would
say that according to your reasoning in #4468, FOR TABLE 3, my unit
values (1/productivity) are the correct ones.

Andrew:

I think the whole concept of net product is an ideological one,
other forms of which Marx battled vigorously. E.g., his hundreds
of pages, in Vol. I, Vol. II, and the TSV exposing Smiths
"incredible aberration" of "spiriting away" constant capital. Im
pretty sure that the root of the notion of "net product" is the
ideological distortion that consumption is the purpose of
capitalist production. Anyone able to shed more light on this?

Alejandro:

Question: How does New Interpretation "manage" with e.g. Vol. II,
Ch. 19 comments on Smith? I would want to know if there are
written works on this point. I just remember that Rieu D-M has worked
the issue. Perhaps he can illustrate us about this.

Alejandro