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Testing the Labour Theory of Value: An Exchange

@inproceedings{Cockshott2010TestingTL,
  title={Testing the Labour Theory of Value: An Exchange},
  author={Paul Cockshott and Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan},
  year={2010}
}
Political economists have been testing the empirical validity of Marx's labour theory of value for several decades now. Do these tests corroborate the theory? Do they actually test it? Can they test it? 
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