On April 14 2012 15:02 TheGeneralTheoryOf wrote:
But I thought the value of a product was the average labour it took to produce the product?.
But I thought the value of a product was the average labour it took to produce the product?.
No. The exchange value of a commodity is equal to the socially necessary abstract labor time required to produce the product.
edit: average, yes
edit: "socially necessary" accounts for effective demand