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1、TheFirstGreatCrisisofthe21stCenturyJohnWeeksProfessorEmeritusSchoolofOriental&AfricanStudiesUniversityofLondon17June20111430-1515A.FlightfromProductionIn2005ataconferenceinBeijingofradicalscholars,aprominentNorthAmericanMarxisttoldthosewhowouldlistenthattherewouldbenomo
2、remajorcrisesofcapitalism.Theendtocriseswasbecausefinancialcapitalhaddevelopedthemeanstoensureitselfagainstallformsofriskanduncertainty.Thisspectacularlywrongembracementofthepropagandaoffinancialcapitalrequiredonetodiscardcommonsense,aswellasMarx'stheoryofvalue.ThatMarx
3、istsmighttakeseriouslythepossibilitythatcapitalistcriseswereathingofthepastisatributetothepowersof1obfuscationgeneratedbytheproductionandcirculationofcommodities.Capitalcan,1Marxexplicitlyrejectedtheargumentthatformsoffinancemightprotectcapitalismfromcrises:Cantheexisti
4、ngrelationsofproductionandtherelationsofdistributionwhichcorrespondtothemberevolutionizedbyachangeintheinstrumentofcirculation,intheorganizationofcirculation?...Variousformsofmoneymaycorrespondbettertosocialproductionatvariousstages;oneformmayremedyevilsagainstwhichanot
5、herispowerless;butnoneofthem,aslongastheyremainformsofmoney,andaslongasmoneyremainsanessentialrelationofproduction,iscapableofovercomingthecontradictionsinherentinthemoneyrelation,andcaninsteadonlyhopetoreproducethesecontradictionsinoneoranotherform.1indeed,insureandpro
6、tectitselfagainstmanydisasters,butthosearisingfromitsowninternationalcontradictionsarenotamongthem.Thetheoryofvalueprovidesanexplanationofthefinancialupheavalin2008that2fewmainstreamcommentatorsanticipatedandalmostnoneunderstood.Thecommonmisunderstandingwasthatthecrisis
7、astheconsequenceofirresponsiblelendingbyfinancialinstitutions,combinedwithnewformsoffinancialassetsthatremovedlendersfromanydirectresponsibilityofwhattheirlendinghadfinanced.Thisinterpretationmistakesoutcomeforcause.Theapparentlyrecklesslendingandtheproliferationoffinan
8、cial"products"arepredictedfromMarx'stheoryofvalueandmoney.Theyaretheexpectedconsequencesofthecontradictionbetw
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