We have -54- subscribers.
So far, -25- listmembers wrote posts in April, which began with
[OPE-L:4630].
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**** TOPICS DISCUSSED THIS MONTH ****
A. The threads discussed at *greatest* length (20 or more posts) were:
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o VALUE VS. POTENTIAL VALUE/FOUR CORNERED TRIANGLE [continued from
March; includes "ideal vs. real value"] (-47- posts);
o REAL WAGES AND THE RATE OF SURPLUS VALUE [arose out of "surplus
value and capitalist consumption" thread; includes "determination
of real wages - and a puzzle"] (-61- posts);
o QUERY RE USE-VALUE OF MONEY [includes "use-value of money =>
concrete => abstract labor" and "Claus Magno! A Question"] (-20-
posts).
B. Other threads that we discussed *at length* (10-19 posts) included:
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o SURPLUS VALUE AND CAPITALIST CONSUMPTION [continued from March]
(11);
o MAXIMUM AND ACTUAL PROFIT RATE [including "Question for David L";
"binary question/dialectical answer"] (14);
o OPPOSITION TO HAYEK [out of "value vs. potential value" thread]
(18).
C. *Other topics discussed* included:
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o SRAFFA'S NON-PROOF [out of "surplus value and capitalist
consumption" thread; includes "Neo-Physiocratic theory of profit
rate"] (8);
o RRI AND THE RATE OF PROFIT [continued];
o WHERE IS IT? IN MARX'S WORK(S)? [see 4679 for request; includes
"Yo"];
o CHAPTER 5 [continuation of debate from previous months; includes
"Logical status of Ch. 5"; "The logical status of Gil's debating
tactics"; "The tactical status of Andrew's debating logic"];
o PARSIMONY [out of "value vs. potential value" thread];
o SKILLED LABOR [out of "4-cornered triangle"; includes "skilled
labor, obsolescence and value"];
o TILTING AT WINDMILLS [query from Gil in 4659 re passage from Marx
on Don Quixote];
o REVENUE [continued from March; includes "K-M's interpretation of
revenue"];
o STOP WATCHES [out of "4-cornered triangle" thread];
o BUSINESS CYCLES [out of "RRI and the rate of profit" thread];
o HOW TO TEACH *CAPITAL* [continued from December!];
o BOOKS 4-6 REVISITED [continued from March];
o REAL WAGES AND WAGE DIFFERENTIALS [out of "real wages and rate of
surplus value" thread; see 4750];
o NEW SOLUTION AND RATE OF SURPLUS VALUE [out of "surplus value and
capitalist consumption" thread];
o JUST-IN-TIME PRODUCTION [out of "value vs. potential value"
thread];
o DUNCAN'S VINTAGES [continued from March].
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OVERALL, April -- as can be seen by the above -- was a month of *value*
and *real wages*. The participation rate diminished from March, but
volume was relatively high (even though it was affected by the
mini-conference of the International Working Group on Value Theory held
in early April in Washington, DC which many listmembers attended) and our
discussions were very focused and engaged.
---> HAPPY MAY DAY! <---
In solidarity, Jerry
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