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“Bien sûr que la valeur est produite par le travail ! Quoique... Ne rejoint-on pas le credo solennel du marxisme du mouvement ouvrier, son "point de vue du travail", sa glorification du prolétariat "créateur de valeur" ? L'ironie de l'affaire veut du reste que le marxisme traditionnel comprenne son propre "point de vue" complètement de travers, puisque tout en affirmant que la "classe qui crée la valeur" est celle des producteurs, il cantonne néanmoins l'abstraction valeur à la sphère de la circulation.”

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The Substance of Capital

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