A commodity has a value because it is a crystallization of social labor. The greatness of its value, … - Karl Marx

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Karl Marx

A commodity has a value because it is a crystallization of social labor. The greatness of its value, or its relative value, depends upon the greater or less amount of that social substance contained in it; that is to say, on the relative mass of labor necessary for its production.

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