Wait a minute, John -:)! I wasn't saying that Marxists argue
that virgin land has no price. I was instead backing up Gil's
comment that, given the existence of tradeables with no value
but with a price, the argument that the exchange of equivalents
means that both sides must have a common third property is
invalid. Thus, the fact that a car can be traded for a
block of virgin land does not mean that both contain the
"common property" of being products of labor.
What I will argue is that, while such things are an anomaly
for the LTV, as Gil pointed out in his post, they are consistent
with the use-value/exchange-value interpretation I make of
Marx.
Which I hope to start posting on tomorrow...
Cheers,
Steve