Paul, yes, the speed and ease is part of the use value. A calculator has a specific use value; an abacus has another. The calculator has a higher use value, but its invention does not alter the use value of the abacus. Don't you agree? ECUSERS wrote: > Well, I guess I would say partly so. Is not the speed and ease with > which one can complete a task ITSELF part of the "use value" yielded > by the calculator versus the slide rule? Hence when (in my first > example) I referred to the two goods doing the exact same job, this > had to mean in the exact same time. (I am sure there are some jobs > that a skilled slide rulist can do just as fast as with a calculator - > - leaving aside the possible greater aesthetic pleasure from using a > slide rule, which must also be counted in the use value.) > -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael@ecst.csuchico.edu
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