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Towards the end of the 1950s, Harry Johnson produced the following theorem on value theory:

This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, 2008. Edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume

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Milgate, M. (2008). Goods and Commodities. In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1031-2

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    Goods and Commodities
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    14 March 2017

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1031-2

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    Goods and Commodities
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1031-1