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Cultures that are output-oriented tend to inject greater (quantifiable) value to creatively produced products than input-oriented ones. For the latter, more value is given, for instance, to how much effort - work - has been put in, in the making of the object. For the former, after the basic input costs are taken into account, what you see becomes the starting point of determining its value.
This article will be released in full online April 3, 2023. Monthly Review editors remember the life of MR editorial board member John J. Simon (1934–2022)…