> Where does the idea that prices are a function of value even come from?
Basic economics.
> Even the most basic high school microeconomics course must teach students that prices are the intersection of supply and demand curves.
Demand curve is marginal (internalized) value @ quantity, so saying that prices are the intersection of supply and demand curves is exactly saying that they are a function of value at market-clearing quantity, plus telling you where markey-clearing quantity comes from.
Basic economics.
> Even the most basic high school microeconomics course must teach students that prices are the intersection of supply and demand curves.
Demand curve is marginal (internalized) value @ quantity, so saying that prices are the intersection of supply and demand curves is exactly saying that they are a function of value at market-clearing quantity, plus telling you where markey-clearing quantity comes from.