[OPE-L:68] [OPE-L:304] Chapter 1

Alejandro Ramos (aramos@btl.net)
Fri, 06 Nov 1998 08:22:26 -0600

Allin:

>> "value" to mean the labour-time
>> socially necessary for the production of any given >> commodity."
>>
>>

Ian:
>>That is what I think it is too, but there are lots of >>questions about
what that means exactly.

Jerry:

>Yes, there are lots of questions: what are they?

I have a couple:

1. Doesn't Allin's definition actually refers *unilaterally* to the
SUBSTANCE OF VALUE?

2. Why does Marx distinguish and analyse the relationship between
value-substance (WERTSUBSTANZ) and value-form (WERTFORM)?

A.R.