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Feb 2025
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Ep. 360: Karl Marx on Economic Value (Pa...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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On Capital (1867), Ch. 1, "The Commodity."

What makes something we buy or sell valuable? Marx says it's ultimately the labor that goes into it, though there are some wrinkles in formulating this accurately, and the commodities and surrounding marketplace activity blind us to labor's role and its ethical import.

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