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[52] Cmack: lazy worker. The labor theory of value does not imply that the more lazy
and inept the laborer, the more valuable his commodity.
Although Marx claims that “A useful article has commodity
value only because human labor in the abstract is
objectified or materialized in it,” the intent of his
explanation is often misconstrued. Marx emphasizes not only
is it abstract labor which is being measured, but also that
labor time is defined as “no more than is socially
necessary.” Labor cannot be added as a mathematical
equation to receive an average according to Hans, but what
is “socially necessary,” which is judged on an individual
basis. Therefore the lazy worker's input cannot be measured
in the commodity, because she will not be deemed “socially
necessary.” Instead an assumed time of an efficient worker
will be measured in order the determine the value of the
commodity. |
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