This paper is the first part of a Marxian critique of the theory of the firm, focusing on the analysis of labour values. Starting from Adam Smith's example of the deer hunter, marginal analysis is introduced, culminating in the derivation of the Labour Value Function, as the supply curve of the...

This article presents the marginal approach to the labour theory of value. The difficulties of the classical and Marxian labour theory of value are overcome when labour value is understood as marginal labour value analogously to marginal cost. Marginal labour value is the reciprocal of the...

This paper introduces the concept of marginal labour value in the framework of perfect competition and shows that prices are proportional to marginal labour values. By this marginal analysis overcomes the classical contradiction of labour commanded and labour embodied. Furthermore the curves of...