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No one is debating that trade can increase price and personal utility. The point of contention is that trade cannot create surplus value. Beyond the labour of t
by sudosysgen 5y ago
No one is debating that trade can increase price and personal utility. The point of contention is that trade cannot create surplus value. Beyond the labour of transportation, it is only realising the use value of the good. Nothing is being produced, and indeed an economy where very little trade beyond transportatio is necessary is a better one, because it is simply and inefficiency.
- codeflo 5y agoAs I said, transportation is a red herring, trade is mostly not about that. And just so I have this straight: you dispute the claim that Marxists think trade is not beneficial, and argue that they instead think it’s an inefficiency.