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What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry (2001)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2001). What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry. Capital and Class, 25(1), 41-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680107300104

This paper uses critical realism to reflect upon the issue of theory in Marx's Labour Theory of Value (LTV). Like any theory, the LTV is rooted in a mode of theorisation. Rooting the LTV in an inappropriate (deductivist) mode of theorisation encourag... Read More about What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry.

The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour (1999)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (1999). The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour. LABOUR, 13(2), 445-480. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.00103

This paper identifies four criteria used by mainstream economists of trade unions to judge the adequacy of their various theories. Three of them, however, are hardly ever satisfied. The root cause of this failure is the method adopted by mainstream e... Read More about The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour.

Aristotle in the 21st Century (1997)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (1997). Aristotle in the 21st Century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 21(6), 729-744