[Xmca-l] Re: units of mathematics education

[Martin John Packer]

Marx's unit of analysis in Capital was the commodity, right? Not the exchange of commodities.

"The wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as “an immense accumulation of commodities,” its unit being a single commodity. Our investigation must therefore begin with the analysis of a commodity."

"A commodity appears, at first sight, a very trivial thing, and easily understood. Its analysis shows that it is, in reality, a very queer thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties."

Martin

On Oct 26, 2014, at 11:31 PM, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:

> Remember that when Marx chose an exchange of commodities as a unit of analysis of bourgeois society, he knew full-well that commodities are rarely exchanged - they are bought and sold. But Marx did not "include" money in the unit of analysis.