▁to ▁each ▁other , ▁ ▁or ▁how ▁the ▁" develop ed ▁world " ▁is ▁related ▁econom ically ▁to ▁the ▁" develop ing ▁world ". ▁Because ▁" global ization " ▁can ▁mean ▁almost ▁anything , ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁explain ▁anything ▁about ▁the ▁world ▁economy . ▁Additionally , ▁although ▁Marx ists ▁have ▁written ▁many ▁articles ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁very ▁precisely ▁try ▁to ▁class ify ▁product ive ▁and ▁un product ive ▁labour , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁no ▁compreh ensive ▁organiz ational ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁division ▁of ▁labour , ▁or ▁a ▁critical ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁statistical ▁categories ▁used ▁to ▁understand ▁it . ▁ ▁Res p ons es ▁to ▁criticism ▁ ▁These ▁three ▁lines ▁of ▁criticism ▁lead ▁the ▁critics ▁to ▁the ▁conclusion ▁that ▁Marx ' s ▁law ▁of ▁value ▁is ▁met aph ys ical ▁and ▁theoret ically ▁useless . ▁ ▁Aust rian ▁econom ics ▁goes ▁a ▁step ▁further ▁by ▁att rib uting ▁no ▁special ▁objective ▁meaning ▁to ▁price ▁levels ▁at ▁all , ▁which ▁it ▁cons iders ▁a ▁mere ▁" stat ist ical ▁outcome " ▁of ▁compar isons ▁between ▁each ▁party ' s ▁r ati os ▁between ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁money ▁( t aken ▁to ▁be ▁just ▁another ▁kind ▁of ▁a ▁good ) ▁to ▁values ▁of ▁goods ▁being ▁sold ▁or ▁purchased . ▁The ▁prices , ▁therefore , ▁are ▁knowledge , ▁which ▁may ▁( or ▁may ▁not ) ▁influence ▁behaviour ▁of ▁economic ▁agents ▁differently ▁in ▁each ▁particular ▁case . ▁However , ▁it ▁can ▁be ▁argued ▁that ▁this ▁approach ▁is ▁incons istent , ▁in so far ▁as ▁nothing ▁in ▁their