肯定劳动的价值并非是“同义反复”——与目前流行的政治经济学教科书商榷

Acknowledging the Value of Labor is Not "Tautology"——A Challenge to Current Textbooks in Political Economy

目前流行的政治经济学教科书都说,劳动没有价值,要说明劳动的价值就会导致同义反复的问题。但是,劳动没有价值的认识与今日社会劳动采取等价交换形式的现实相冲突。那么,说明劳动的价值是否必然就会导致同义反复的问题呢?其实,只是从古典经济学家的非科学的劳动价值论出发说明劳动的价值才会导致同义反复的问题,而当从马克思创立的科学的劳动价值论出发说明劳动的价值就没有同义反复的问题了。目前流行的政治经济学教科书对于同义反复问题的说明是片面的,不符合今日社会的现实。

According to current textbooks in political economy, labor does not have value, and it would be tautology to speak of the value of labor. This conception, however, is contrary to the actual exchange of labor at equal values today. Then, would stating the value of labor inevitably lead to tautology？ In fact, only unscientific labor theory of value by classical economists would cause tautology, whereas scientific labor theory value, initiated by Karl Marx, would not. The tautology issue prevalent in many textbooks is one-sided and contrary to today＇s realities.