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On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Jerry Levy wrote:
[Prices] are a NECESSARY mode of expression of value because the commodity necessary entails an array of SPECIFIC social relations which include (amongst other things) the market and money.
You've taken a salto mortale yourself here, Jerry: value -> commodity. This assumes what you're trying to prove. Paul and I think that "value" is a more general category, socio- historically, than "commodity".
Allin.
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