tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post700524845700190246..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING -- PART SEVENRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-60741154839229364812013-03-04T03:30:52.803-05:002013-03-04T03:30:52.803-05:00I've just finished Part Eight. My question abo...I've just finished Part Eight. My question above seems much less pressing now. :-)Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-71375613282971257952013-03-04T02:02:10.408-05:002013-03-04T02:02:10.408-05:00Prof.
I'm catching up! One question. From thi...Prof.<br /><br />I'm catching up! One question. From this:<br /><br />"Marx's recognition that capitalism mystifies the process of the appropriation of the surplus and his analysis of that mystified process is the theoretical heart of his entire theory".<br /><br />Would it be appropriate then to conclude that Marx's greatest contribution was to discover exploitation?<br /><br />I mean, although Ricardo never used the E-word, he had already observed that the landed aristocracy was exploiting the farmers, via rent.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-89700108393213835282013-02-09T12:38:18.744-05:002013-02-09T12:38:18.744-05:00Bob,
Profit is a holonomy effect. No surprise th...Bob,<br /><br />Profit is a holonomy effect. No surprise that it is a puzzle, since even contemporary mathematical physicists working with the most sophisticated mathematical tools in human history find it hard to think about. I think this idea can be made pretty rigorous in the context of pure trading (eg financial markets), but would be harder to pin down in the real economy.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holonomy<br /><br />I was puzzled by the time you spent explaining that "price indices reduce the multidimensional to the one dimensional" because I was forgetting that most people simply have not cultivated the mathematical intuition required for that bald statement to have much resonance. But for me, that single sentence contains multitudes. Perhaps most importantly the subjectivity inherent in the proces -- there is an entire 'dual space' of choices of index. The choice of index is as complicated as the original space you are trying to simplify!Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-41405165992575599392013-02-09T11:30:05.901-05:002013-02-09T11:30:05.901-05:00Is this to say that Smith and Recardo were unconce...Is this to say that Smith and Recardo were unconcerned about the distribution/maldistribution of wealth? <br /><br />I'm not sure how many parts to this you will do or what you intend to include, but I would love to hear your thoughts on the change in justification of surplus getting (or ideology?) which the surplus getters drummed up as the feudal economy transitions into capitalism. Divine right/moral order displaced by the embrace of some version of meritocracy? <br /><br />Your concision and clarity/simplification is great.Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427077490696059928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-31013436456457502432013-02-09T09:35:39.855-05:002013-02-09T09:35:39.855-05:00Chris, you can find them [in English] in Volume 30...Chris, you can find them [in English] in Volume 30 of the International Publishers' Complete Works of Marx and Engels. No, I have not read them. Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-11670957483383388802013-02-08T20:17:25.040-05:002013-02-08T20:17:25.040-05:00Have you read Marx's Capital Notebooks of 1861...Have you read Marx's Capital Notebooks of 1861-63? And where can one get their hands on these notebooks....Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com