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Marxian Exploitation Theory

December 7, 2012 by admin

MarxKopfThis 1983 paper in a philosophical journal analyzes the Marxian labor theory of value and exploitation as an incorrect and superficial theory. The paper treats in a non-mathematical way, the then-faddish “matrix Marxism” of Morishima and others and shows it to be devoid of interest (no pun intended).

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Filed Under: Property Theory Tagged With: labor theory of value, matrix Marxism

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