MARX AND THE “LAW OF VALUE”: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 200TH BIRTHDAY

The paper celebrates Karl Marx’ 200th birthday in terms of a critical discussion of the “law of value” and the idea that “abstract labour”, and not any use value, is the common third of any two commodities that exchange for one another in a given proportion. It is argued that this view is difficult...

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Commercial production
Commodities
Distribution of profits
Economic systems
Economics
Labor
Labor theory of value
Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
Marxian economics
Political economy
Production costs
Profits
Surplus
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