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Seminal essay from 1979 from Diane Elson arguing for the importance of Marx’s “Value Theory of Labour.” The essay was a product of debates within the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE). Full PDF of the essay also below. Note: As Soren Mau pointed out, more than two decades before Elson, Raya Dunayevskaya suggested that we should speak of the ‘value theory of labour’ rather than the ‘labour theory of value’. See 'The Logic and Scope of Capital, Volumes II and III' here.

Israel’s offensive in Gaza will only fuel Palestinian hatred and despair. The way forward is through moderation

When I decided to say goodbye to my promising investment banking career to give my focused and undivided attention to our young sons, we gave up half of our family income.

7Qs for Academics David Francis 26 April 2021 - SCIS Today we speak to David C. Francis, the Deputy Director at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies This is an ongoing series where we introduce some key researchers and academics getting to understand their work, their developing research interests as well as what keeps them engaged. Explain the nature of your work and/or how it relates to inequality. Why do you think inequality remains such an intractable social and economic problem? I think that despite much discourse against inequality, the current economic system is in the interests ...