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burn the heretics

In Reply to: That you never read Capital perhaps? posted by Stoller on November 20, 1999 at 10:44:02:

: : Hence LTV says nothing consistent about why and how people value things in trade.

: Marx's LTV is quite consistent---but it is also complicated. There are many qualifications and special catagories.

Which is *why* it isnt a useful model for the above.

: If you actually READ Capital LIKE YOU SAID YOU DID, we wouldn't be having such pointless debates, Gee.

Re -read this as your disbelief that anyone who reads anything by Marx would not be immediately converted to it. I think you fail to appreciate what happens when people approach this long after looking at other works.

Thats ok, you can do that.

Follow Ups:

• You're being evasive Stoller November 22 1999 (7)
  • foolish Gee si November 22 1999 (6)
    • No kidding Stoller November 23 1999 (5)
      • break it down Gee si November 23 1999 (4)
        • These are the breaks (calling McSpot) Stoller November 23 1999 (3)
          • Complicated theories DonS USA November 24 1999 (2)
            • ...and meager minds Stoller November 24 1999 (1)
              • By parsimony one rejects the more complicated theory. DonS USA November 25 1999 (0)