labor-time

Raising the value of basic necessities effectively lowers wages, but this does not change the value of those commodities (whether expressed in labor-time, money, or even grain).

skzbrust: TWoN Book 3 Chapter 5 skzbrust 2010

Other forms of labor (ie, with a machine that multiplies the efficiency of labor, or with highly skilled labor) could then be expressed in terms of simple labor-time.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009

Raising the value of basic necessities effectively lowers wages, but this does not change the value of those commodities (whether expressed in labor-time, money, or even grain).

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2010

This would imply to me that there is some multiplier, or, putting it another way, that there is or ought to be the concept of simple labor-time, in which exchange value is expressed.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009

This would imply to me that there is some multiplier, or, putting it another way, that there is or ought to be the concept of simple labor-time, in which exchange value is expressed.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009

Other forms of labor (ie, with a machine that multiplies the efficiency of labor, or with highly skilled labor) could then be expressed in terms of simple labor-time.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009

But that's a matter of utility as well: the pleasure in performing didn't change, but recordings required less effort, less practice — less labor-time — and convenience comparatively won out.

Archive 2008-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008

But that's a matter of utility as well: the pleasure in performing didn't change, but recordings required less effort, less practice — less labor-time — and convenience comparatively won out.

Stimulus package Matthew Guerrieri 2008

The constitution of the natural man probably does not permit him to shorten his labor-time and enlarge his consuming-time indefinitely.

I'll Take My Stand 2008

Maybe the one thing you could do that WoW does is a simple but earthquaking shift: the labor-time that it takes to go from level 49 to 50 is not markedly longer than the labor-time it takes to go from 21 to 22.

MMOGs and Mulligans 2005