Both capitalists and workers can gauge comparative intensities of labor without a theory of value and of the socially necessary labor time that constitutes its magnitude. The capitalist sees how his "labor cost" compares with another capitalist, and workers see--and feel--how their effort compares with other jobs. Before trying to measure the socially necessary labor time in individual products and the jobs that make them, I'd ask why one would attempt to use the theory of value this way. Charles Andrews Web site for my book on this subject is at http://www.LaborRepublic.org
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