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VALUE, OR VALUE IN EXCHANGE. - Thomas Robert Malthus, Definitions in Political Economy [1827]

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Definitions in Political Economy (London: John Murray, 1827).

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VALUE, OR VALUE IN EXCHANGE.

5. The relation of one object to some other, or others in exchange, resulting from the estimation in which each is held. When no second object is specified, the value of a commodity naturally refers to the causes which determine this estimation, and the object which measures it.

Value is distinguished from wealth in that it is not confined to material objects, and is much more dependent upon scarcity and difficulty of production.