There’s this new video by a good YouTuber - Value by Unlearning Economics. There was also an article by Ben Burgis for the Jacobin which argued the same.

Is it possible, as both these people argue, to separate Marx’s critique of capitalism from his theory of value? To keep the former and discard the latter?

Edit - I’m not siding with the video or with Burgis, btw. I think Marx’s value theory is correct. I’m just looking for people who can shine some light on this new(?) phenomena of leftists speaking out against LTV while trying “save” Marx’s critique of capital. To me, that just seems like a pointless and hopeless endeavour.

  • itsawildrideoutthere [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    https://ianwrightsite.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/general-theory-labour-value2.pdf

    if ya wanna get way into the weeds here is ian wright's paper on the matter where he tries to prove the labor theory of value.