At 07/02/02 06:07 +0000, you wrote: >>CB: In this sense, Marx's "value" is not heuristic, but a fundamental >>theoretical concept. > >I'm not persuaded. > >jks
Nobody has to be persuaded of anything. But Justin, do you accept that what you criticise as being redundant some of us would merely call a labor theory of prices? And from the perspective of it being an expanation of exploitation, some of us would say that childen notice there are grossly unfair and inexplicable differences in society. Some of us would say that the marxian theory of value is much bigger than an explanation of exploitation. Without being persuaded by us, do you acknowedge that such different perspectives exist? Chris Burford