[OPE-L:3642] Re: "Labor Theory of Value"--not used by Marx!

Paul Zarembka (zarembka@acsu.buffalo.edu)
Sat, 9 Nov 1996 08:47:16 -0800 (PST)

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Michael, as far as I can tell word searching is not available on the site
below. Paul

On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Michael Perelman wrote:

> This website has Smith, Ricardo and much more.
>
> http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca:80/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/index.html
>
> Paul Zarembka wrote:
> >
> > Paul, Is there a Web cite where we can word search Smith and Ricardo? You
> > make an interesting suggestion. Paul Z.
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Paul Cockshott wrote:
> >
> > > The fact that the term labour theory of value is not used in Marx
> > > is hardly significant. Do Smith or Ricardo use the phrase either?
> > > It is a label applied retrospectively to distinguish these thinkers
> > > from those who came after who had a utility theory of value. One
> > > can hardly expect them to have had the foresight to distinguish
> > > themselves from an as yet uninvented theory.
> > > Paul Cockshott
>
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