Classical labour values – properties of economic reproduction

Zachariah, David and Cockshott, Paul (2018): Classical labour values – properties of economic reproduction. Forthcoming in: World Review of Political Economy (2021)

Abstract

We consider economic value as a property that renders heterogeneous goods and services commensurable. Starting from the basic division of output between workers and nonworkers, we are able to derive value as a property of systems of economic reproduction. We show its relation to value in classical political economy and in Sraffian economic theory. We go on to discuss the applicability of the derivation and its relevance for analyzing distribution, productivity and employment in a wide range of economies.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: classical political economy, labour theory of value
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C67 - Input-Output Models; P - Economic Systems > P1 - Capitalist Systems > P16 - Political Economy

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