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**** AT A GLANCE ****
Participation: 19 of 54 [35%]
Volume: Began month with [4894]
New member: Reinaldo Carcanholo (on 5/23; see [5102])
Most discussed topics: "ideal vs. real value"; "RRI and the
rate of profit"; "Sraffa's Non-Proof"
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**** TOPICS DISCUSSED THIS MONTH ****
A. Threads discussed at *greatest* length (20 or more posts) included:
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o IDEAL VS. REAL VALUE [continued from March-April; includes:
* "ideal vs. real value" & "value vs. potential value" (52);
* "value-form question" & "value form analysis" (7);
* "Production and Circulation" & "Production and Realization"
& "To Paul C: About Coletti" (40);
* "question" {on value of output and labor} (18)
* "some answers: Napoleoni after Coletti"; "some answers: or other
questions?; "some answers: beyond Coletti" {see Riccardo's
5128-5130} (3)].
--->>> (Total: -120- posts) <<<--- ;
o SRAFFA'S NON-PROOF [continued from April; includes "Abstract
prices or absurd, self-contradictory prices"; "Questions to
Ajit"; "Can Ajit's price theory fly?"; "censoring Ajit?"; "Used
cars"] (-36- posts);
o RRI AND THE RATE OF PROFIT [continued from April; relates to
previous discussions on the valuation of c and moral depreciation;
includes "labor-saving technical change"; "constant capital at
current costs"; "valuation of constant capital"; "predicting the
future under capitalism"] (-38- posts).
B. Another thread discussed *at length* (10-19 posts):
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o THE CREATION OF LABOUR-POWER [out of "question"] (10).
C. *Other topics discussed* included:
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o DETERMINATION OF REAL WAGES [continued from April] (8);
o THE HIGH COST OF PRICES [related to transformation,
depreciation and fixed capital discussions; began with John's
4917];
o 179 YEARS AGO [began on 5/5, Marx's birthday];
o THE DEATH OF PAOLO FREIRE;
o ANTONIO NEGRI;
o TWO QUESTIONS RE V3, CH 10 [see 4854 for questions];
o "THE SPECIAL STUDY ON COMPETITION" AND WAGE-LABOUR [out of "two
questions ..." thread];
o THE END OF *CAPITAL* AND BOOK II REVISITED [continued from
March; out of "the special study on competition" thread this
month];
o ENDORSE EMU APPEAL: URGENT [see Geert's 4963];
o MEMORIAL DAY, 1997 [see 5119 & 5121];
o USE-VALUE OF MONEY [continued from April].
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OVERALL, May was an *uneven* month. On the one hand, volume was
relatively high and discussion was focused (most especially on the "ideal
vs. real value" thread). On the other hand, participation dropped yet
again (as the following numbers indicate):
March participation: 30 of 49 [61%]
April " 25 of 54 [46%]
May " 19 of 54 [35%]
As we enter June and the summer (in the northern hemisphere), we can
expect that a number of familiar voices will be on vacation. Those who
remain, hopefully many who have been silent in recent months or joined
relatively recently, will have to shoulder the burden of raising and then
discussing new subjects.
It is my sense that the existing threads are slowing-down ... so now might
be a good time to suggest new topics for discussion.
In solidarity, Jerry
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