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| Question 89: Why is labor measured here by labor-time, and not by counting how many movements were made, or by the drops of sweat of the laborer, or by the discomfort of the laborer? |
| [61] Brian: Labor is best measured by labor-time because labor-time will be the same for all laborers. Movements made would not be an equal indicator as some commodities will require more movements than other commodities. Drops of sweat would not be an equal measure of labor either, because, depending on the physical health of the laborer, some laborers may sweat more than another; or some commodities may be more physically demanding than other commodities. Discomfort of the laborer is an unfair measurement as well, as some laborers will feel or can claim more discomfort than other laborers. |
| Hans: Equality is important -- not for reasons of fairness, but because markets set all products equal, and therefore they are governed by what is equal in the products. |
| Much of what you said was already said in [57]. This affected your grade. You can only get credit for new things which were not said in an earlier submission this Semester. The submissions must build on each other. |
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