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What is the labor value of...

Posted by: Stuart Gort ( USA ) on November 04, 1999 at 18:51:18:

In Reply to: Click Here For a Good Time! posted by Barry Stoller on November 01, 1999 at 22:20:50:

...undeveloped land in Newport Beach vs. Hemet, CA?
...a rookie card of Mickey Mantle?
...a Cadillac vs. a Buick?
...a brain surgeon with 20 years experience?
...a menu from the last night of dinner aboard the Titanic?
...high fashion?
...dinner at Spago's vs. McDonald's?
I'd love to see what happens when our intrepid engineers start mucking about with these values in the context of their theories. See, one must eliminate discretionary income and wipe out conspicuous consumption for this labor theory to have any validity.
Stuart Gort

Follow Ups:

Same as ever... Red Deathy Socialist party Uk November 05 1999 (1)
- incalculable! Gee si November 08 1999 (0)
It's ALL labor Stoller November 05 1999 (5)
- I tell you what labor is... Stuart Gort USA November 07 1999 (4)
  - Thanks for the edification (I think) Stoller November 08 1999 (3)
    - Nothing to say. Stuart Gort USA November 15 1999 (2)
      - LTV one more time for Stuart (a command performance) Stoller November 15 1999 (1)
        
        And... Stoller November 15 1999 (0)
No 'labor value', since an undeveloped land was not created by labor. Kweassa the Great March November 05 1999 (0)