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An obvious argument against the labor theory of value is that magnitude of value is affected by things other than socially necessary labor time. One such different thing is the pattern of ownership of means
of production, which can affect values, through the distribution of bargaining power which reflects it.
Products of means of productionon which there is some degree of monopoly are likely for that reasonto command a higher price in equilibrium than they otherwise would,and therefore to have a higher value, under the definition of value we have given.
But if value is something the explanation of which must literally create it, then since ownership of means of production literally creates nothing, it would follow that, despite appearances, the pattern of that
ownership cannot affect value formation. And that is what a Marxist says. He says that labor alonecreates value: the pattern of ownership can affect price, and hence how much value various owners get. But no part of what they get is created by ownership.
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我在此特别声明:
所有权是决定商品价值主要因素的科学发现,完全是我自己独立思考出来的,没有受到任何人观点的启发。
在昨日之前,本人从没有读过科恩这篇文章,也因此未受到他在这篇论文中提出的“生产资料所有制的不同形式也决定价值大小”的观点的影响。
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