Vulgar economy in Marxian garb: a critique of Temporal Single System Marxism

@article{Mongiovi2002VulgarEI,
  title={Vulgar economy in Marxian garb: a critique of Temporal Single System Marxism},
  author={Gary Mongiovi},
  journal={Review of Radical Political Economics},
  year={2002},
  volume={34},
  pages={393 - 416}
}
  • Gary Mongiovi
  • Published 1 September 2002
  • Economics
  • Review of Radical Political Economics
This paper presents a critique of recent efforts, under the rubric of Temporal Single System Marxism, to defend Marx's value theory against the claim that his transformation algorithm is flawed. Although Marx did make a number of errors in elaborating his theory of value and the profit rate, these missteps do not undermine his larger scientific project. Far greater damage has been inflicted by his would-be Temporal Single System defenders, who camouflage Marx's errors by detaching him from his… 
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