On the Indetermination of Wages and its Consequences
Salmin Biao makes an intervention into the ongoing debate over unequal exchange. Introduction Following the article by Rob Ashlar in defense of Emmanuel’s concept of …
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Letter: What Determines Wages?
In his recent article, Rob Ashlar draws on the work of Arghiri Emmanuel to rightly critique theories that attempt to justify wage differentials based on …
In Defense of Unequal Exchange: Critique of Paul Cockshott’s First Worldist Ignorance
Rob Ashlar offers a rebuttal to Paul Cockshott’s attack on the theory of unequal exchange. Wherever wages are high, universally throughout the whole world, it …
The Korean Miracle’s Rural Legacy
Alex Witherspoon, Yu Zhou, and Alle Fang give an account of socialist agriculture in rural North Korea, arguing that the difficulties faced by the country’s …
Was Mao a Bukharinist?: The “Three-Line Struggle” in Economic Debates Preceding the Great Leap Forward
Matthew Strupp examines economic debates in China during the leadup to the Great Leap Forward and assesses comparisons made between Mao and Bukharin. Reading: Cliff Connolly. …