Rethinkig Marxism: Andrew Kliman 1 of 2 "Contradictions of Capitalism's Value Production"

Rethinking Marxism Conference 2009
"Temporal Value Theory in a Moment of Crisis:
A Roundtable on the Economic Crisis"
with:
Andrew Kliman
Alan Freeman
Radhika Desai
David Calnitsky
Brendan Cooney


This was a great panel which might help viewers understand some of the debates among the left on how to properly understand the crisis. There was a good deal of agreement among the panelists on some issues like the idea that the crisis is more than a financial crisis, and that the theory of the falling rate of profit has validity in the current situation. On the other hand panelists differed starkly on the degree to which problems of demand were important in analyzing the crisis, and on what role states and other exogenous forces play in resolving crisis.

I have posted the panelists in the playlist in a different order than they spoke at the conference.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• monopoly
• capital
• crisis
• TSSI
• marx
• equilibrium
• falling rate of profit
• labor
• value
• underconsumption
• 1929
• depression
• use-value
• exchange-value

[jogobonito1234]

thanx for posting this one - I am presently studying Kliman's approach to TSSI, ARP's decline, etc. Very interesting. Is there a website where Kliman, Freeman & Co. publish their own version of a "minimal programme", i.e., a programme for socialism in a non-revolutionary phase?

Cheers,

[brendanmcooney]

@jogobonito1234 The TSSI field is not a unified political group. The TSSI perspective encompasses a disparate group of thinkers from all over the marxist political spectrum. Andrew Kliman is a member of the Marxist Humanist Initiative. You can read about their views on communism etc at their website. But they are not the type of organization that publishes minimal programs. They are not a party.

[RayBobb]

I was at this conference! I gave a paper on Marxism and ethics that virtually nobody showed up to, but it was a great experience, nonetheless. I didn't see this panel, though, so thanks for posting this.

[brendanmcooney]

Yes, there low turn-out to a lot of panels. I think it was because there were so many panels going on at once and most of the people at the conference were there to present on panels. Sorry I missed your paper. I think the conference could be organized better by bringing dissenting opinions together on the same panels thus generating better exchange of ideas and consolidating audiences.