Letters on Marxist political economy
Letters from our readers
December 30, 2008
A selection of recent letters sent to the World Socialist Web Site.
A letter and reply on the “Sraffa-based” critique of Marx
By Nick Beams, March 5, 2003
Dear comrade Nick Beams,
Questions on socialist organisation and planning
By Nick Beams, January 20, 2003
Dear Sir/Madam,
On capitalist economic relations and the foundations of law
By Mike Head, October 14, 2002
Dear all,
A question on the falling rate of profit
By Nick Beams, July 15, 2002
Dear Editorial Board,
Some questions and answers on life under socialism
By Nick Beams, May 30, 2002
Dear Mr Beams,
Democracy and the "dictatorship of the proletariat"
By Nick Beams, April 4, 2002
Dear Nick Beams,
Machinery and the origins of surplus value
By Nick Beams, March 19, 2002
The fact that he did so indicates the extent to which US corporations had become involved in and dependent upon the escalating stock market. This dependence in turn is an expression of the fact that, rather than resolving the contradictions of the capitalist economy, the increase in labour productivity, flo
Technology, the service industries and socialism
By Nick Beams, February 25, 2002
Here we have a striking example of how the development of the productive forces—in this case digital technology—comes into conflict with the value-form itself and the social relations of capitalism. This is why the major corporations have made such efforts to protect their interests through copy
Two exchanges on the US economy
By Nick Beams, February 20, 2002
Dear Editor,
The cause of capitalist crises
By Nick Beams, February 12, 2002
Dear Mr. Beams
Surplus value and the rate of profit
By Nick Beams, February 6, 2002
Dear Mr. Beams,
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