[ExI] David Brin: The Enlightenment Strikes Back (i.e. the continuing relevance of Marx)

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 05/01/2008, Jef Allbright <jef at jefallbright.net> wrote:
> Forwarded in its entirety (after reformatting) from another list.  Hat
> tip to James Hughes:

> I often refer to Marx as the greatest of all science fiction authors,
> because — while his long-range forecasts nearly all failed, and some
> of his premises (like the labor theory of value) were pure fantasy —

May I point out (only peripherally relevant to this post - sorry) that
the labor theory of value was also central for Adam Smith:

"The real price of every thing, what every thing really costs to the
man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
What every thing is really worth to the man who has acquired it, and
who wants to dispose of it or exchange it for something else, is the
toil and trouble which it can save to himself, and which it can impose
upon other people.(Wealth of Nations Book 1, chapter V)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_value




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Stathis Papaioannou