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Dialogue with Patrick Murray on the Value-Form Paradigm, Part 1. Radio-Free Humanity Ep. 25
MHI · Dialogue with Patrick Murray on the Value-Form Paradigm, Part 1 — Ep. 25 Brendan and Andrew welcome Patrick Murray, the noted value-form theorist, onto the podcast. (The value-form paradigm is a Marx-inspired strand of political economy that … Continue reading
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Tagged cooney, demand, exchange, kliman, market, marx, money, Patrick murray, value, value-form
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Value and Price Q&A
I have been looking forward to finally putting together a script for a video on Value and Price. As a preparation for that task I’ve written the following: an attempted summary of my understanding the topic. The text is peppered … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, art, average, bohm-bawerk, commodity, critique, demand, economics, labor, market, marx, modal, money, monopoly, mud pie, price, rate of profit, SNLT, supply, utility, value
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Law of Value 9: Abstract Labor, draft (parts A and B)
This is draft of my script for Abstract Labor, the 9th video in my Law of Value series. I always appreciate the comments, suggestions and criticism on these drafts. They really help me focus the scripts. This video has a … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract labor, abstraction, capitalism, economics, Exploitation, hegel, law of value, market, marx, method, value
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Law of Value 7: Production and Exchange
This is part 7 of a series on the law of value. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Production- Exchange script We get into trouble anytime we try to understand something in isolation. The true meaning of things exist not … Continue reading
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Tagged bohm-bawerk, democracy, dialectic, economics, equality, exchange-value, freedom, ideology, individualism, karl marx, labor, market, marx, one-sided, particular, ricardo, scarcity, smith, universal, use value, utility, value, value theory, worker
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Law of Value 4: Value
…And this is where any social theory must begin: with a study of the productive activity of people as they work to create the world they live in. Not only is this the best starting place for an analysis of society, it is also the best starting point for a radical social theory whose aim is to investigate the possibility of changing the world. If we realize that human society is not the result of some natural or divine eternal logic but merely the creation of our own labor then that means that we have the power to mold and shape that society as we see fit. In a capitalist society these creative powers take the form of an external world of value and capital that acts back upon society, shaping it against the will of its creators. Yet, in the end the world of capital is nothing but the product of our own creation. If we truly want to change the world it is not up to nature, God, fate or experts, but up to us. This is the radical challenge of the law of value. Continue reading
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Tagged bohm-bawerk, commodity, exchange, law of value, market, marx, price, production, use, value, work
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The Law of Value 2: The Fetishism of Commodities
part 2 in the Law of Value series. There are a lot of people that are really powerful in the world: Presidents, CEO’s, bankers, leaders of movements… But there is an object, a thing, that is more powerful than any … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, capitalism, commodity, economics, fetishism, labor, market, marx, money, personification, reification, value
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Law of Value- Introduction
This video series will cover various topics in Marx’s theory of value: The difference between use-value, exchange value and value, the relation of supply, demand and price to value, abstract labor, exploitation, crisis, socially necessary labor time, and even what an understanding of value can tell us about changing the world. It is hoped that they can contribute to a better appreciation of the importance of value theory to radical movements today as they seek ideas with which to articulate their demands and strategies. Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, class, contradition, crisis, economics, exchange, Exploitation, labor theory of value, market, marx, socialism, value
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