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Phantom
8th January 2009, 21:17
As I told you before I'm new to Marxism. So my questions may seem absurd. But they are puzzling me.

The value of a commodity is the socially necessary labor required to produce it, right? Then what determines the value of an uncultivated piece of land?

ZeroNowhere
9th January 2009, 11:20
An uncultivated piece of land is not a commodity, so this doesn't really fit into labour theory of value, if that's what you're getting at.

mikelepore
9th January 2009, 22:04
Land isn't produced, so it's price isn't based on a value. Supply and demand determine the price.

For a product that's continuously produced and exchanged, supply and demand are just a part of the story. The price is based on a value plus a fluctuation caused by supply and demand.

Sand Castle
10th January 2009, 04:57
You might not like the CPUSA, and I understand why, but you might be interested in reading this.

http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/827/1/129/