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By Andrew Kliman Published in With Sober Senses, Oct. 7, 2021 at https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/economics/henryk-grossmanns-breakdown-model-on-the-real-cause-of-the-fictitious-breakdown-tendency.html, together with interactive spreadsheet file. There is much about Henryk Grossmann’s 1929 book on capitalist accumulation, breakdown, and crisis (Grossmann 1992) that I appreciate and even admire. He offered an alternative to the underconsumptionist and disproportionality theories of crisis that dominated Marxist …

MHI · Dialogue with Patrick Murray on the Value-Form Paradigm, Part 2 — Ep. 26 Brendan and Andrew continue their dialogue with Patrick Murray, the noted value-form theorist. (The value-form paradigm is a Marx-inspired strand of political economy that focuses on the market.) Patrick responds to Andrew’s arguments that Marx’s views on the origin of …

MHI · Dialogue with Patrick Murray on the Value-Form Paradigm, Part 1 — Ep. 25 Brendan and Andrew welcome Patrick Murray, the noted value-form theorist, onto the podcast. (The value-form paradigm is a Marx-inspired strand of political economy that focuses on the market.) Patrick responds to the recent, two-episode RFH discussion––“The Value-Form Paradigm vs. Marx’s …

The second half of a two-part interview on the “value-form paradigm”—a Marx-inspired and market-focused strand of political economy. Some years ago, the noted value-form theorist Patrick Murray responded to criticisms of the paradigm, leveled by Andrew and others in a published symposium. In this episode––guided by Brendan’s questioning, and for the first time anywhere––Andrew continues …