▁hardly ▁be ▁held ▁responsible ▁for ▁all ▁the ▁things ▁done ▁in ▁his ▁name — he ▁had ▁explicitly ▁referred ▁to ▁problems ▁of ▁environmental ▁des po ilation ▁quite ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁times , ▁including ▁in ▁Das ▁Kap ital . ▁He ▁never ▁de alt ▁system atically ▁with ▁social ist ▁econom ics , ▁amongst ▁other ▁things ▁because ▁he ▁lack ed ▁an ▁evident ial ▁basis ▁for ▁the or izing ▁about ▁that . ▁ ▁Log ical ▁criticism ▁The ▁logical ▁criticism ▁revol ves ▁around ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁Marx ▁is ▁unable ▁to ▁recon cile ▁the ▁domain ▁of ▁value ▁relations ▁and ▁the ▁domain ▁of ▁price ▁relations , ▁showing ▁exactly ▁how ▁value ▁magn itudes ▁correspond ▁to ▁price ▁magn itudes . ▁ ▁Vari ous ▁arguments ▁are ▁made ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁Marx ' s ▁theory ▁of ▁value ▁is ▁log ically ▁in co her ent . ▁The ▁most ▁famous ▁of ▁these ▁is ▁the ▁controvers y ▁about ▁Marx ' s ▁prices ▁of ▁production , ▁sometimes ▁called ▁the ▁transformation ▁problem ▁in ▁which ▁it ▁is ▁argued ▁that ▁total ▁output ▁value ▁must ▁equal ▁total ▁output ▁production ▁prices , ▁and ▁total ▁prof its ▁must ▁equal ▁total ▁sur plus ▁value , ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁distributions ▁of ▁particular ▁output ▁values ▁and ▁output ▁prices ▁can ▁then ▁be ▁infer red ▁from ▁each ▁other , ▁via ▁mathematical ▁functions ▁and ▁a ▁tid y ▁account ing ▁sum , ▁assuming ▁the ▁same ▁rate ▁of ▁profit ▁on ▁capital ▁inv ested ▁by ▁all ▁se ctors . ▁However , ▁it ▁cannot ▁be ▁proved , ▁whether ▁log ically ▁or ▁empir ically , ▁that ▁the ▁total ▁output ▁value ▁is ▁equivalent ▁to ▁total ▁output ▁production ▁prices