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Economists do not speak of the "subjective theory of value". Furthermore, Menger's theory, of sorting goods into classes and then ranking needs within each class, is also not adopted by any economist these days. ~2025-43044-56 (talk) 14:19, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

The statement above is only true if all economists who use the term are specifically excluded from consideration. The above sounds like a No true Scotsman fallacy. What about Thomas Aquinas? I disagree that this page should be removed, although if it should be merged then please suggest where. Brian Willoughby (talk) 22:54, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

Why is this in the 'Austrian School Economics' series?

It's not a specifically Austrian idea, nor did it originate in the Austrian School. Edsel B. Fnord (talk) 01:36, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Never mind; turns out it did originate there. Edsel B. Fnord (talk) 05:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

As this article states, the theory originated from (at least) three sources, one of which was the father of the Austrian School, from whence it gets its name. Another is the Lausanne School. The third source doesn't seem to belong to a school, per se. Brian Willoughby (talk) 06:46, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

subjective theory of value or theory of subjective value?

The value is subjective, not the theory, the theory is objective!

I know this is known in many sources like this, but grammatically makes no sense João Pimentel Ferreira (talk) 17:03, 21 April 2026 (UTC)