Re: [OPE-L] The Use-Value & SNLT Question

From: Michael Perelman (michael@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2007 - 14:12:16 EDT


I suspect that I was not clear.  Paul said that you could measure SNLT by using
market prices of labor.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 01:28:22PM -0400, Allin Cottrell wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Michael Perelman wrote:
>
> > If market prices are good enough to measure value, why not just
> > use market prices & forget about value?
>
> To even arrive at the idea that "market prices are good enough to
> measure value", it is necessary to calculate values independently.
>
> Then, if it turns out (as it does) that the two are pretty close,
> one can indeed use prices as a reasonable approximation to values
> for empirical purposes.
>
> Or didn't I understand your question?
>
> Allin.

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