On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Paul C wrote [#4319] > > > Well 9 months ago I met a carpenter when out walking and saw > > some of the stuff that he could make. I asked him to make me > > a set of bookshelves, which he did, and for which I paid him. > > Were these bookshelves valueless? Was I cheated in paying > > him anything for them? > > > Clearly not, but wasn't the question whether there was any *surplus* > value involved? > > Julian No dispute on this. There was no surplus value. The issue that is being disputed is whether there is any value created by the self employed. -- Paul Cockshott, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 0141 330 3125 mobile:07946 476966 paul@cockshott.com http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/people/personal/wpc/ http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc/reports/index.html
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