Main reading for Value Theory Symposium
Value, labour and negativity" by Chris Arthur. (note: this is a draft of an article which will be published in Capital and Class. Please consult the author before citing or distributing)
The physicalist approach to, and critique of, Marx: a conceptual history by Andrew Kliman
Marxian debates on the falling rate of profit" by Alan Freeman; (partial text)
The theoretical work of Nobuo Okishio by Takeshi Nakatani
Background reading for Value Theory Symposium
Please note that copyright restrictions apply to some of these papers, which is why there is no external link to this private page. You are free to download them as a privately-received communication for the purpose of taking part in the symposium but should not circulate them further without seeking the author's permission
Howard and King on the the falling rate of profit debate, from their two-volume 'History of Marxian Economics'. 4MB but well worth reading!
The following files are taken from the April-May edition of Revista di Politica Economica and were the result of a conference organised by Riccardo Bellofiore in 1999. They are useful background for the discussion on Value Form
Market and Division of Labour: a Critical Reformulation of Marx’ s View
By Carlo Benetti and Jean Cartelier*
The Source versus Measure Obstacle in Value Theory
By Geert Reuten
Supplementary files provided by the presenters
From the Critique of Hegel to the Critique of Capital" by Chris Arthur
Systematic Dialectic by Chris Arthur
Andrew Kliman's paper to the AHE conference dealing with 'Marx's Marxism' in the thought of Raya Dunayevskaya
Competition and Profit Squeeze by Takeshi Nakatani. Professor Nakatani's presentation to the AHE conference, which has much to do with the work of Professor Okishio
Discussion and comments
Comments by Clark Everling
Links
Several related papers can be found on the web page for Greenwich University's regular seminars on Critical Political Economy
Click here for the Capital and Class website or this might have changed to:
Capital and Class
Click here for papers to the annual conferences of the International Working Group on Value Theory (IWGVT), and details of how to become involved in it.
The OPE-L website, contains indexed archives of several years' debates on value theory in a discussion list dedicated principally to Marxist political economy. Although this list is closed, its archives are open.
A useful History of Political Economy site.
THE Marx and Engels Internet Archive site. Download and search lots of Marx stuff
Another Marx site containing, inter alia, Volume II
Guest papers and contributions
The space below contains papers that we've been asked to make known to symposium participants, which are of general interest and relevance to the topic. If you'd like to see your paper or book here, send us the details (a.freeman@greenwich.ac.uk)
From Capitalism to Equality: An Inquiry into the Laws of Economic Change
Charles Andrews, author of the above book, says it is a popular but serious exposition of the labor theory of value for the general reader. Your friends and students will appreciate this introduction to the theory of value that we have been renewing the past ten years or so. Sophisticated scholars will find many provocative developments, too.
Click on the title for a website with a table of contents and more information.
In reply to: OPE-L:[3432] Re: "Debunking Economics" and Marx's value theory: A short note by Phil Dunn, a contributor to the 2000 conference, in response to a debate around Steve Keen's recent book. The note contains links to Phil's iwgvt paper and a more recent version of the same.
