Re: Which Marxism? (fwd)

> i agree. SCP was a phase in the development of capitalism, and marx
> predicted that it would "diminish", as it happened historically in
> western europe. SCP is an intermediary stage essential to capitalist
> development. Maurice Dobb suggests that, in this phase, the _relations of
> production_ may change whereas the _productive forces_ may retain their
> medieval charecter. however, this is a mode of production that is "already
> in a process of transformation into a capitalist one". This is a quote
> from IW's book (second volume)

SCP isn't an intermediary phase, and since 1550 it was capitalist in nature,
from IWs view.   (You've cited out of context, because IW's work is in many
respects a refutation of Dobb -- and Sweezy's --views on the origins of
capitalism).

This topic arose because I pointed out that it is persistent.  It has not
disappeared in the core, yet alone the periphery, and it never will.