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Price, value and profit – a continuous, general, treatment

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This text comprises chapter 13 of Marx and non-equilibrium Economics[1]. It provides a general mathematical specification of a non-equilibrium interpretation of Marx’s theory of value. It refutes the Okishio theorem and solves the transformation problem. It is a foundation work of scholarship within the TSSI (temporal single-system interpretation) of Marx. It specifies temporal values within a continuous-time framework as opposed to a discrete-time framework, and shows how to pass from discrete or serial time (difference equation, sequential) formalisations to continuous (differential equation, temporal) formalisations of the conservation of value. [1] Freeman, A. and Carchedi, G. (eds) (1996), Marx and Non-Equilibrium Economics, pp1-29. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. ISBN 1 85898 268 5.

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  • Freeman, Alan, 1996. "Price, value and profit – a continuous, general, treatment," MPRA Paper 1290, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    4. Freeman, Alan, 2007. "Money, Labour and Logic: A Critical Comparison," MPRA Paper 48625, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 08 Aug 2011.
    5. Freeman, Alan, 2010. "Trends in Value Theory since 1881," MPRA Paper 48646, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 04 Jan 2011.
    6. Freeman, Alan & Kliman, Andrew, 1998. "Simultaneous and Temporal Valuation Contrasted," MPRA Paper 52805, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 23 Sep 1998.
    7. Freeman, Alan, 1999. "Value from Nowhere: a response to Dumenil and Levy (first submission)," MPRA Paper 48684, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 20 Apr 1999.
    8. Freeman, Alan, 1995. "Marx without Equilibrium," MPRA Paper 1207, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Freeman, Alan, 2004. "Value from Nowhere: a response to Dumenil and Levy (second submission)," MPRA Paper 48685, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 08 Aug 2004.
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    Keywords

    Accelerator; Business Cycle; Development; Endogenous; Goodwin; Inequality; Marx; Non-equilibrium; Okishio; Price; Profit; Rate of Profit; Reproduction; Samuelson; Temporal; Temporalism; Transformation; TSSI; Value; Value Theory;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist
    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)

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