G'day Thaxalotls,
Was cleaning out my backlog when it suddenly occurred to me that George
might have a point (although I don't know how important a point it need be).
Is a 'commodity' something that distinguishes itself from its hypothetical
being under another economic system purely on the crit
Rob's point requires a distinction between actual and potential, I think.
The factory in use, like all commodities that have succeeded in being
purchased, is not immediately for sale, that is, it is not for sale in
actuality, even if it is potentially.
There are two other aspects that need looki
Further to Hugh's.
Isnt capitalism generalised commodity production which includes labour-power i.e. wage-labour?
Prior to capitalism commodity production was secondary to use- value production, and typically not by means of wage labour. Therefore the socially necessary labour time was not set b
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