Ibn Khaldun’s Labor Theory of Value and the Question of Race

In the first volume of Capital, Marx argued that the labor theory of value could only be discovered in capitalist societies. Building on Marx’s premise, this article examines Ibn Khaldun’s (1377) The Muqaddimah, which presents one of the first labor theories of value in world history. After explain...

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Main Authors: Şahan Savaş Karataşli, Derek Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2024-04-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
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Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/1195