**** AT A GLANCE ****
Participation: 23 of 60 [38.3%]
Volume: 151 posts
New member: Antonio Callari
Most discussed topics: "NIPA/Marxian empirical research/Quantifying
value" & "productive and unproductive labour"
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**** TOPICS DISCUSSED THIS MONTH ****
A. Threads discussed at *greatest length* (20 or more posts):
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o NIPA/MARXIAN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH/QUANTIFYING VALUE [continued from
previous months; began this month with Alan's "NIPA: A Practical
Proposal Arising from a Good Discussion"; includes "Freeman: what
can we agree on?"; "The mysterious NIPA (2)"; "Is there a NIPA
ideology?"; "Marxian empirical research"; "Why I don't like the
title 'Marxian Empirical Research'"; "Quantifying Value" (see
Alan's 4-part series on 16th); "Response to Freeman"; "Response
to Williams"; "so few of us with so little resources and time";
and "imputed interest"] (-45- posts);
o PRODUCTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE LABOUR [out of "Quantifying Value"
thread; includes "costs of unproductive labor"; "unproductive
labor and the 'Mage heresy'"; "when are wages recovered?";
"commodities, services and unproductive labour"; "commodities
and services"; "persistence of value"] (-58- posts).
B. Threads discussed *at length* (10-19 posts):
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o NEW BOOK(S) ON MARX JUST PRINTED [see Riccardo's 1st message on
16th; includes a discussion on the Bergamo conference and OPE in
"Simultaneous and sequential publishing" and "Spirito di
Bergamo"] (14);
o DRAFT EEA PAPER [sent by Andrew K on 16th; includes "Kliman's
Draft EEA Paper" and "Kliman's Draft (Automation)"] (10).
C. *Other topics discussed*:
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o WHY MARX DOES NOT NEED A COMMODITY THEORY OF MONEY [continuation
of "commodity money" thread from previous months];
o MARX AND HISTORICAL COSTS [continuation; also includes
"historical costs"] (8).
D. *Announcements* to remember:
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o TEACHING MATERIALS [see Mike W's
<http://www.mk.dmu.ac/~mwilliam>];
o VALUE THEORY MINI-CONFERENCE PROGRAM (IWGVT) [see Andrew K's
post on 10th];
o THE MARX INTERNATIONAL II CONGRESS [conference begins in Paris
on September 30; see postings on 30th & 31st for details].
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OVERALL, January was a *good, but uneven, beginning for the new year*.
Although discussion started out slowly in the first part of the
month, it really picked-up later on with the "NIPA/Marxian
empirical research/Quantifying value" and "Productive and Unproductive
Labour" threads. Participation was good and the discussions were very
focused. Oddly, postings were abruptly reduced near the end of the month
(only 3 posts were written after the 27th).
Near the end of next month (February), a large percentage of listmembers
will be attending the IWGVT conference in New York City. This will
provide a welcome opportunity for many of us to see each other in the
flesh. We can also expect that there will be a reduction in list volume
near that time as many will be away from their computers.
In solidarity, Jerry
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