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[89] Sinbad: Some things can have a use-value without having an
exchange-value. Things such as the air we breathe, the water
we drink, the soil in which we plant are all something useful
to us. But this use-value is obtained without labor and this
constitutes no exchange value according to Marx. The labor
put forth provides a reason for the exchange of use-values.
One must remember even though something has a use-value and no
exchange-value; it cannot be said that something has an
exchange-value but not use-value. In order to want to
exchange or trade something, there must be utility or
use-value found in it to constitute an exchange. |
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