Re: John Lanchester · Marx at 193 · LRB 5 April 2012

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On 4/1/12 12:39 AM, Gregory Adler wrote:
> This piece seems to me to a highpoint of  a liberal empiricist sympathetic
> understanding of Marx
> written for a wide audience. it is also a good representation of how such a
> viewpoint is incapable
> of really understanding Marx and the continuing relevance and importance of
> his political legacy
>
> http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n07/john-lanchester/marx-at-193

I hope to find the time to answer this piece in a few days. It has a 
"critique" of the labor theory of value that has been heard a million 
times before. For example, if you stumble across a huge emerald on a 
stroll through the forest, shouldn't it be only worth a few dollars?

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