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[50] Cleo: The coat and linen are directly related to one another. Yet one relies on
the other, and A may rely on B, however B may not necessarily rely on A.
This is how Marx explains the phenonemona of the qualitative equation of
linen equals coat. One relies on the other, as it depends on how much linen
the weaver is willing to trade for one coat. If the weaver is willing to
trade 40 yards to linen for one coat, then we would have the equation, linen
= coat, in the sense that the linen is 40 yards, not the 10 yards that had
previously been explained. Depending on how much the linen weaver is
willing to exchange for a coat, will prescribe the value of linen in
relation to a coat. One good is dependent on the other. The coat has a
given value, which will allow one to trade it for another good. The value
that the coat contains can be exchanged with the linen, which also has
value. The value of the linen is determined by how much one is willing to
trade for a coat, this could be a small amount of linen or a large amount of
linen. Both commodities have a value which allow one to be exchanged for
another. In this example, the linen consists of a base value, which in the
end, results in the allowance for the purchase of linen. |
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