tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post2814256614827209036..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: GOOGLING MYSELFRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-75030643478881279482012-02-28T16:33:54.702-05:002012-02-28T16:33:54.702-05:00Thank you for the favourable remark about that lit...Thank you for the favourable remark about that little piece of mine! Here's a direct link to the piece: http://waka-huia.blogspot.com/2012/01/transplanting-ricardos-result-on-rent.html<br /><br />You might remember, actually, that I had emailed it to you for comment some time ago, just before your illness. I wasn't surprised that it fell by the wayside as you got occupied with things a little more immediate than anachronistic comment on 18th century economics!Marinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492009758043047531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-87729385111162487222012-02-28T15:50:57.152-05:002012-02-28T15:50:57.152-05:00I'm writing an honors thesis on Marxist aliena...I'm writing an honors thesis on Marxist alienation, contributing two -to the best of my limited reading knowledge- ingenious claims to 'Marxism.' I might as well read all 3 volumes if I'm going to keep referring to myself as a Marxist.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-76758617063537897272012-02-28T15:39:52.933-05:002012-02-28T15:39:52.933-05:00You will be transformed by the experience. :)You will be transformed by the experience. :)Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-58851329769968601162012-02-28T15:15:38.618-05:002012-02-28T15:15:38.618-05:00Ah, okay. I had not read marinus post, and you'...Ah, okay. I had not read marinus post, and you're quite correct that Marx is dealing with the quantitative value of labor in the abstract, and not setting room for concrete/qualitatively different labor. Maybe he thinks concrete labor will have a quantitative different form of compensation due to its more arduous expenditure of labor power? But that seems silly, because construction workers expend more labor power than HR reps, yet get paid less.<br /><br />Sorry, I'm reading Capital for the second time right now, and am looking for any excuse to exercise my learning.<br /><br />(I plan to go straight into Vol II and III, and hopefully, emerge as a Phoenix?)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-52167523794091850312012-02-28T13:35:40.505-05:002012-02-28T13:35:40.505-05:00quite true, as does Ricardo, but not for different...quite true, as does Ricardo, but not for different qualities of labor, analogous to the different qwualities of land. Marx just says that skilled labor is a skimple multiple of unskilled or semi-skilled labor, which really does not address Marinus' point.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-56482866871315861442012-02-28T12:54:28.081-05:002012-02-28T12:54:28.081-05:00Marx does leave room for an increase of wages base...Marx does leave room for an increase of wages based upon "moral" battles, driving up what is necessary to reproduce Labor Power. This leaves room for reproduction beyond bare minimum subsistence.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com