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| Question 59: Use value is the quality of the commodity, and exchange value is its quantity. Right or wrong? |
| [4] Perro: Use value/exchange value I think this statement is wrong. |
| Saying that use value is the quality and the exchange value is the quantity of the same commodity is not really what I think Marx meant. A commodity consists of both use value and exchange value. This dual nature of commodities means that use value and exchange value are two completely different or individual aspects of the same commodity. |
| I think we have use value on the one hand, and the exchange value on the other hand. Both the use values and the exchange values of the commodity may have quantitative sides as well as qualitative sides. Use value consists of more than quality, and exchange value consists of more than quantity. |
| Exchange value of the commodity should be determined because of both qualitative and quantitative sides. Further should use value of the commodity also be determined because of both qualitative and quantitative sides. If a commodity is to be exchanged, then both its qualitative as well as its quantitative sides should be considered. E.g. if I want to exchange an apple-tree with an orange-tree, I would not only count the number of fruits on both trees, but also consider the quality of fruits. |
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