Alan wrote
> Let me ask this question. Suppose in February, the
> workers in a given branch of production make twice as
> many goods as in January, having worked the same number
> of hours in each month. Suppose this results from changes in
> technology which, for the sake of simplicity, we will assume
> have not changed the cost structure of the firm (that is, the
> organic composition does not change).
If twice as many tables are made, twice as much timber is used, by the same
amount of labour time, so the TCC has certainly risen. If the OCC is
constant, then you must be assuming that the value of the timber has
fallen. Why?
Michael
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