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Borisov G. V.
Assistant Professor, Chair of the History of Economics and Economic Thought, Department of Economics, St.Petersburg State University, PhD (Economics)

Development of Western Marxism in 1990s: one-system discretion approach
(Russia, St. Petersburg)

The article discusses the main features of one-system discretion approach and the principle of value consistency formulated by E. Freeman. The author shows how two macroeconomic conditions offered by K. Marx hold true in case of the one-system discretion approach, and presents a critical analysis of the methodology

Key words: labor cost, cost of production, problem of transformation, Marxism, one-system discretion approach

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2 Ibid.
3 Многие доклады, представленные на конференции в 1994–2005 гг., доступны в сети интернет по адресу: www.iwgvt.org
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8 Ibid. P. 34–35.
9 Ibid. P. 34.
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11 Ibid. P. 399–402.
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17 Kliman A. J., and McGlone T. A Temporal Single-system Interpretation of Marx’s Value Theory. Review of Political Economy. 1999. Vol. 11. Issue 1. P. 37.
18 Ibid.
19 Ibid. P. 36.
20 Ibid. P. 50–51.
21 Ibid. P. 37.
22 Mongiovi G. Vulgar Economy in Marxian Garb: A Critique of Temporal Single System Marxism. Review of Radical Political Economics. 2002. Vol. 34. Issue 4. P. 407.
23 Ibid. P. 404.
24 Dumenil G., and Levy D. The Conservation of Value: A Rejoinder to Alan Freeman. Review of Radical Political Economics. 2000. Vol. 32. Issue 1. P. 121, 142.
25 Ibid. P. 130–133. Также см.: Маркс. Капитал. М., 1978. Т. 3. Ч. 1. Гл. 24. С. 437.
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27 Mongiovi G. Vulgar Economy in Marxian Garb: A Critique of Temporal Single System Marxism. Review of Radical Political Economics. 2002. Vol. 34. Issue 4. P. 399–400.
28 Laibman D. Rhetoric and Substance in Value Theory: An Appraisal of the New Orthodox Marxism. In: Freeman A., Kliman A., and Wells J. (Eds.) The New Value Controversy and the Foundations of Economics. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2004. P. 10–12.
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30 Mongiovi G. Vulgar Economy in Marxian Garb: A Critique of Temporal Single System Marxism. Review of Radical Political Economics. 2002. Vol. 34. Issue 4. P. 406.
31 См.: Борисов Г.В. История развития межвременного односистемного подхода в западной марксистской экономической мысли в 1970-80-е гг. // Проблемы современной экономики. – 2011, № 3. – С. 319–322.

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