Pierre Joseph Proudhon. (№ 319938)

How many nails is a pair of shoes? If we could resolve such a difficult problem, we would have the key to the social system which mankind searches for the past six thousand years. Before this problem the economists come into confusion, the peasants who can neither read nor write, do not hesitate to answer: as much as can be done in the same time and with the same cost. Thus, the absolute value of things is determined by the time expended on its production, and costs; what is the value of a diamond, which he only had to lift off the ground? - The value of zero, since it is the product of man. - What will be its value when to grind and stick it in a socket? - It will determine the time and expenses that will spend the employee. - Why the diamond sold for such a high price? - Because people are not free; the society must regulate the exchange and distribution as the most common and the rarest things, so everyone can use them. - What is the value assessment? Is lies, injustice, theft.