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Understanding Marx's Economic Theories and Critiques
TLDR Disagreements with Marx often center around communism and his economic beliefs, with various perspectives on his economic views and communism. The labor theory of value, subjective theory of value, and the role of profit and shareholders in capitalism are key concepts in understanding Marx's economic theories and critiques.
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Disagreements with Marx typically revolve around communism as a political ideology or his economic beliefs, highlighting the interconnectedness between economic views and political ideologies.
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Different perspectives on Marx's economic views and communism range from agreeing with his economic critiques of capitalism but not with communism, to agreeing with communism but not with Marx's economic theories, and to those who disagree with both his economic and political ideologies, highlighting the importance of refuting Marx's economic theories to challenge the foundation of communism.
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The value of a commodity is determined by the amount of labor necessary for its production, as explained by the labor theory of value.
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The Austrian economists critique the labor theory of value by emphasizing that supply and demand alone cannot explain the value of goods, using examples like the pricing of water in Las Vegas and the Diamond Water Paradox.
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The value of a commodity is based on subjective judgments made by individuals in specific circumstances, according to the Austrians' subjective theory of value, challenging the labor theory of value.
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Profit is justified by the capitalist's role in creating and sustaining additional value through building and maintaining the means of production.
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Shareholders sacrifice immediate consumption and take on risk by investing their money in companies, contributing to job creation and societal progress.
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Austrian economics emphasizes that prices are not just numbers, but purveyors of knowledge about the state of resources worldwide, highlighting the importance of private property rights for the price system to function effectively.
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