As explained by Adam Smith:
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In the 'Principles of Economics', author Carl Menger discusses the value concept:
The value of goods arises from their relationships to our needs, and is not inherent in the goods themselves. With changes in this relationship, value arises and disappears.
It is a judgment economizing men make about the importance of the goods...
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