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Does Marx Need to Transform?

Almost all of the voluminous literature on the Marxian ‘transformation problem’ is predicated on the assumption that, whether or not he succeeded, what Marx was trying to do in Part II of Capital, volume III—namely, derive a set of prices consistent with the equalisation of the rate of profit across all capitals—was correct. Those neo-Ricardians who argue that there is really no ‘transformation...

The Ilc P2 Marx and Application of the Marx Topology to Future Accelerators*

The SLAC P2 Marx is under development as the linac klystron modulator for the ILC. This modulator builds upon the success of the P1 Marx, which is currently undergoing lifetime evaluation. While the SLAC P2 Marx’s (henceforth, “P2 Marx”) target application is the ILC, characteristics of the Marx topology make it equally well-suited for operation at different parameter ranges; for example, incre...

Marx, Karl

Marx was drawn towards politics by Romantic literature and his earliest writings embody a conception of reality as subject to turbulent change and of human beings as realizing themselves in the struggle for freedom. His identification with these elements in HEGEL's thought (and his contempt for what he regarded as HEGEL's apologetic attitude towards the Prussian state) brought Marx to associate...

Marx ’ s Theoretical Legacy : A Response to

Economist Anthony Brewer throws down the gauntlet to those who esteem the economic contributions of Karl Marx, arguing in a 1995 article in History of Political Economy that the mainstream’s evident neglect of these contributions is amply justified by the fact that there was nothing of lasting value in Marx’s political economic writing, or at least in the portion thereof that was widely availab...

Replicating Marx: a Reply to Mohun