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Labor theory of value

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The labor theory of value (LTV) is a theory of value that argues that the economic value of a good or service is determined by the total amount of "socially necessary labor" required to produce it.

Labor theory of value - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Theory in classical and Marxian economics Diagram illustrating Karl Marx 's theory of value, which posits a dual nature to the commodity and its underlying labor. Concrete labor creates its use value ; in the market, however, value appears as a price expressed in money (its exchange value ). Competition between independent producers for the validation of their private labor in a successful sale enforces the standard of socially necessary labor time (the law of value ); this process realizes their labor as a

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