Marx and Temporalism- a tutorial 3 of 10

This is a workshop on the Temporal Single System Interpretation (TSSI) of Marx's value theory. It was recorded in November of 2009 at the Rethinking Marxism conference in Amherst Mass. The presenters are Andrew Kliman and Alan Freeman, two of the leading figures in the TSSI. The TSSI aims to show that by viewing Marx's value theory through a temporal lens the claims by Marx's opponents that his value theory is inconsistent are refuted.

I have discussed the TSSI in my video "What Transformation Problem?". I have also posted videos of Kliman and Freeman speaking at the 2009 Left Forum and a panel on the economic crisis at the 2009 Rethinking Marxism conference.

I apologize for the sound quality of this video. The conference center had a noisy ventilation system that left a loud "whirring" on all the video. I did by best to minimize the background noise but it was hard to do so without compromising the audibility of the speakers.

Kliman's website:
http://akliman.squarespace.com/

Freeman's website:
http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pfr102.htm

See my blog for the slides from these presentations and more info:
http://kapitalism101.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/marx-and-temporalism-a-tutorial/

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• TSSI
• tutorial
• marx
• value theory
• falling rate of profit
• alan freeman
• andrew kliman
• okishio
• profit
• capital
• surplus
• crisis

[CapitalismIsLiberty]

OH great! A Marxist is telling us that he wants to turn economics into THEOLOGY???!!! More evidence that Marxism is more religion than economics.

Long live the market!

[brendanmcooney]

@CapitalismIsLiberty.

You obviously didn't understand the point Freeman is making at all. So quick to rush to judgment, so slow to understand! How pathetic.

[brendanmcooney]

@CapitalismIsLiberty, Wait. sorry. I forgot you are that other dude. Sorry.

[NamelessCommenter]

I'd like to get a copy of the study Freeman mentions, about economics being demonstrably more doctrinaire than theology. I always chuckle when a capitalist apologist either berates me for daring to speak on economics without a degree, or flaunts his own as though it somehow constitutes an argument. I try to explain that an economics degree under capitalism will almost by definition mean a degree in capitalist apologetics, but they remain unconvinced. Hard data to that effect would be delicious.

[brendanmcooney]

See the 2007 paper titled "Catechism versus pluralism: the heterodox response to the national undergraduate curriculum proposed by the UK Quality Assurance Authority" on freeman's website, linked in the "more info" section to the right of this video.

[CapitalismIsLiberty]

@brendanmcooney lol i guess it's hard to be obvious when mocking libertarians.

[NamelessCommenter]

Thanks!