The social construction of value: value theories and John Locke's framework of qualities

IF 0.6 3区经济学 Q4 ECONOMICS

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Pub Date : 1997-09-01 DOI:10.1080/10427719700000059

W. Dolfsma

引用次数: 10

Abstract

Value theory is central to economics. Whenever new economic theories appear on stage, their theory of value is different. I classify value theories along Locke's lines of primary and secondary qualities. When value is thought to inhere in objects, value is a primary quality. The marginalists perceive value as given to objects by autonomous individuals independent of their environment (much like monads) with given preferences. Value here is a secondary quality. Both are unsatisfactory; value is a social construct. The question arises why social value theory, which Clark and Anderson worked on around the turn of the nineteenth century, did not take root.

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价值的社会建构:价值理论与洛克的品质框架

价值理论是经济学的核心。每当新的经济理论出现在舞台上，它们的价值理论都是不同的。我将价值理论按照洛克的主要品质和次要品质分类。当价值被认为是固有的对象时，价值是首要的品质。边际主义者认为，价值是由独立于环境的自主个体(很像单子)以给定的偏好赋予物体的。在这里，价值是次要的品质。两者都不能令人满意;价值是一种社会建构。问题出现了，为什么社会价值理论，克拉克和安德森在19世纪初的工作，没有扎根。

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European Journal of the History of Economic Thought Multiple-

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