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Question 155: 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 one of the Particular equivalents in the Expanded form of value of meat?

[66] Chilote: To be a particular equivalent a commodity must be produced by human labor. Therefore it does not matter whether the butchers play chess or not, it only matters that chessboards are produced with human labor within the society. In this sense because the value of a commodity is based upon the labor that it represents and that labor is the common denominator of comparing different commodities, chessboards are particular equivalents of meat. It may be found that 10 pounds of meat equal one chess game. This equivalent is based upon the labor represented by both commodities. Labor is the indicator of value. Therefore the list of possible comparisons between commodities is endless. Any commodity can be a particular equivalent of another because of the common denominator of labor.

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