| This question <61|54> overall <62|64> Henrix: <432|119>. |
| Question 140: Assume there are 51 butchers in a barter society, and none of them is a chess player. Does this mean that the game of chess is not part of the Expanded form of value of meat in this society? (I don't know the answer myself.) |
| [63] Henrix: butchers in a barter society I agree with Josef [54] that even though none of the butchers play chess the game of chess, it should still be included in the Expanded form value. |
| Before I continue answering this question, I will just remark one error made by Josef in his answer. The question say that there are 51 butchers in a barter society. Josef writes; “Butchers in a meat society”. |
| It seems to me that this is the reason why he believes that the only way for the chess game will become valuable for the butcher, is if one of the other butchers in the society changes his preferences. |
| The question does not say anything about the preferences of the other people in the barter society. If one assume that there exist some members in the barter society that enjoy playing chess, the chess game will become valuable for the butcher. Since the expanded form value say that the value of a commodity is expressed in all other commodities, the butcher can exchange f.ex. 10 lb. of meat with a game of chess. After acquiring the chess game he/she can exchange the chess game with a new butcher knife, given that this is available in the barter society. |
| Hans: What you say is right, but there is a lot of overlap with my [61], which came over the list 3 hours before your contribution. |
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