| This question <60|67> overall <62|64> Hans: <58|64>. |
| Question 98: If the first Chapter is such a systematic discussion of value, why is it then called “Commodities” and not “Value”? |
| [63] Hans: Goose's Value System Goose's first sentence in [60] pretty much gives the answer: |
| Value cannot exist without commodities. This is why the first chapter is called “Commodities” and not “Value.” |
| Later he says something supporting this: |
| As said by Hans in the text “When Marx says ‘commodity’ he does not only think of a useful thing but also of the social connection in which this thing is produced.” Therefore the first chapter is ultimately a discussion based upon a commodity and not just the value system that describes such a commodity. |
| I.e., Marx does not suck a value system out of his thumbs and then applies this to the commodity, but he looks at the commodity and he investigates that what makes these commodities exchangeable: this is what he calls “value”. |
| Goose also refers to the metaphor of the new-born child in Marx, but his interpretation has nothing to do with Marx. I just hope none of Goose's children will ever want to be elementary school teachers. |
| Goose finishes his submission with a German Marx quote, but he read it wrong. It reads: |
| “Sie sind jedoch nur Ware, weil Doppeltes, Gebrauchsgegenstaende und zugleich Werttraeger” |
| Marx's text must be read very carefully; every word counts. This submission got a B+ |
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