... would unite groups who absolutely agree on fundamentals and goals.... ... Marxist-DeLeonist, democratic, peaceful political transition from capitalism to...
Hi Dick, On the price of virgin land, I would suggest that the price is based on the potential value, once labour is applied to it. For example forested land ...
Robert Malone
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Mar 1, 2006 8:18 am
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Hi Dave, this question of fiat money, or value created by edict is not new. Sir Thomas More in his "Utopia" gives the example of the King who asks his advisors...
Robert Malone
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Mar 1, 2006 8:45 am
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Pieter (29784) I have no disagreement at all with your argument that an individual's self-interest can be realised in cooperation with others, in the realm of...
Greetings, The Socialist Standard for March 2006 is available in several different formats,PDF,HTMLwith images,High Resolution pages as images,and TEXT. ...
Dear all The exchange value of virgin land as opposed to its value, which is zero as it has no labour embodied in it, is the capitalisation of the surplus...
Dear Byron As far as I am concerned you can suggest anything, all I am doing is throwing some ideas around and I don't therefore personally identify with all...
Actually the value of something is the socially necessary labour time required to reproduce its use value. Thus if two threadbare second-hand woolly socks have...
Dave: One other thing which I am sure you already know, but I should have included for completeness: LVs cease to have value once exchanged. Not so with money...
Byron Oh ho ... I get it now, I think. If you have a Luxury Voucher, then it can be used once only. Why is this a good thing? What is the virtue in having a ...
Just to report on the meeting addressed by Jacques Attali at the Jewish Book Fair in London last night which some of us went to (along with 500 or so others)....
Adam Buick
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Mar 3, 2006 9:02 am
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David Gow in Geneva Thursday March 2, 2006 The Guardian Labour costs: Move to cheaper plants is inevitable A west German car worker at VW earns 10 times more...
Paula: I suggest that you go back and review the discussion about LVs vs FA. All of these points were thoroughly covered. Needless to say your question has ...
dear Byron I have no intention of trying to trap you this time. I am just trying to get to the meaning of fiat money. I am prepared to accept Karl's edict on...
Infants as young as 18 months show altruistic behaviour, suggesting humans have a natural tendency to be helpful, German researchers have discovered. In...
alan johnstone
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Mar 3, 2006 9:40 pm
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Dave: I don't know of anybody who suggested that LVs would circulate. In fact in modern times LVs would most likely be an electronic entry--plastic or ...
Bryron, Kindly provide details of how you would measure (i) contribution to society and (ii) what has been taken from society. I put it to you that you can't, ...
Sorry, message got sent before I'd finished writing it. I intended to say that we should challenge the assumption that altruism is unique to humans or any...
The fact that the animal kingdom is not selfish was already stated by Darwin more than a century ago. Social Darwinism was more of a Spencerian idea and even...
Lo All, I think some schools of biology define altruism as not attacking first - which makes for an aweful lot of it out there... Bill M. ... stated by ... ...
Hi Jimmy As to the word fiat I have probably been reading too many American Capitalist economists, it seems to be the popular word for it at the moment. I...
Paula: The only one here that seems exasperated is you--evidenced by your reference to me as a fool and displayed by your original anger and suggestion that I ...
{One by one, the eurozone, the Swedes, the Swiss and now even the Japanese, are turning off the tap of ultra-cheap credit that has flushed the global system...
Dear All I think that the below is interesting on this. The important point to remember I think is that this is no mere game it provides a possible Darwinian...
Dear all, I think it is important to distinguish between altruistic behaviour - the behaviour of individuals that voluntarily refrain from tearing each other ...
... Hi Dave, Yes you can, as you say, convert your paper currency into Gold Sovereigns, but correct me if I am wrong, I think that, rather than converting...
Hi Jimmy You are correct as a gold sovereign now is just a coin with gold in it, it is in fact not even pure gold but contains about 10% copper or something...
The second choice ( and a poor choice , at that ) "socialists" ---all a matter of capturing votes to obtain a modicum of political influence .To paraphrase...
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