[OPE-L:4365] Re: Trades persons and value

From: Paul Cockshott (paul@cockshott.com)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 06:47:22 EST


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.

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