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The "New Solution" to the Transformation Problem: A Sympathetic Critique

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  • Fred Moseley

    (Department of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, S. Hadley MA 01075 fmoseley@mtholyoke.edu)

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This paper critically evaluates the "new solution" to the transformation as presented by Foley and Dumenil and others, from the perspective of the author's "macro-monetary" interpretation of Marx's theory. The main issue emphasized is the method of determination of the inputs of constant capital and variable capital in Marx's theory-whether these inputs are taken as given as quantities of money capital or derived from given quantities of physical goods.

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  • Fred Moseley, 2000. "The "New Solution" to the Transformation Problem: A Sympathetic Critique," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 32(2), pages 282-316, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:32:y:2000:i:2:p:282-316
    DOI: 10.1177/048661340003200205
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    1. Deepankar Basu, 2017. "Quantitative Empirical Research In Marxist Political Economy: A Selective Review," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(5), pages 1359-1386, December.

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