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Exam Question 80: In the equation “20 yards of linen = 1 coat,” what is the difference between the left hand side and the right hand side?

[59] Beaver: 20 yards of linen = 1 coat   Commodity value expresses X commodity A = X commodity B, 20 yards of linen = 1 coat, and in this case of left side hand, commodity A is in the form known as the relative form of value. Because commodity A is expressed only relatively and indirectly by the fixed use-value of commodity B. On the other hand, in the case of right hand side, commodity B is in the form known as the equivalent form of value. Because commodity B does not express its own value in this equation, but it is usefully expressed as the equivalent value of commodity A.

Hans: What you wrote is ok, but I would have liked a more intuitive explanation of the difference in your own words. Whenever I ask you to reproduce Marx's argument, imagine that you have to explain it so someone who has not read Marx.

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