This scholarly detailed paper by @workingppl_lead and Andres Lazzarini on newly discovered archival material concerning #PierSraffa is a little jewel. The study Sraffa’s internment in 1940, present secret classified documents .../1

researchgate.net/publication/36… ... What "emerges is a fascinating story of intrigue involving among other things the wielding of power at the highest levels of British society, academia, and government as extraordinary efforts are made at the behest of #JohnMaynardKeynes to ensure his Italian friend and ... /2

@wboneat3 @warendenkform This is a good question. The answer, unfortunately, isn't short. It has to follow Marx's argument which goes in a "spiral" in Das Kapital. Here's a summary - who wants to understand or object has to read my last two papers on Marx I signalled. /1 @wboneat3 @warendenkform The answer from the first three chapters *seems* to be: No. No actualisation in circulation, no abstract labour. Yet Marx also implies that that actualisation is an expression *from* inner to *outer*./2