soula avramidis wrote: > > > > in other words aren't we > too general by simply stating that the law of value holds? or should > we be saying that it holds because when prices rose the high cost > tarsands of northern canada came into production. >
It depends on whether you see the law of value as primarily a theorem in economics or primarily a theory about how under given historical conditions human activity is regulated and organized. Perhaps it's both, but it is _certainly_ the second, and the second is what is important about it. Carrol
