Michael, It might alter the use-value of an abacus to a capitalist! Cheers, Steve At 18:08 16/10/00 -0700, you wrote: >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 > > Dr. Steve Keen Senior Lecturer Economics & Finance University of Western Sydney Macarthur Building 11 Room 30, Goldsmith Avenue, Campbelltown PO Box 555 Campbelltown NSW 2560 Australia s.keen@uws.edu.au 61 2 4620-3016 Fax 61 2 4626-6683 Home 02 9558-8018 Mobile 0409 716 088 Home Page: http://bus.macarthur.uws.edu.au/steve-keen/
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