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Surplus labour

Surplus labour (German: Mehrarbeit) is a concept used by Karl Marx in his critique of political economy. It means labour performed in excess of the labour necessary to produce the means of livelihood of the worker ("necessary labour"). The "surplus" in this context means the additional labour a worker has to do in their job, beyond earning their own…

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Origin

Historical materialism

Unequal exchange

Criticism of Marx's concept of surplus labour

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Surplus labour

Nodes51
Edges50
Triples10
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.039216
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Surplus labour

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related to Unequal exchange · 6
Surplus labour → Das Kapital, For, In, Marx, This, Thus
related to Origin · 3
Surplus labour → As, Marx, The
is a · 1
Surplus labour → necessary and sufficient condition for profits

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labour surplus value marx production economic exchange labor trade capitalist world theory economy means profits unequal society work may performed

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Surplus labouris anecessary and sufficient condition for profits0.90text
Surplus labourrelated to OriginMarx0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to OriginThe0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to OriginAs0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to Unequal exchangeMarx0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to Unequal exchangeThis0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to Unequal exchangeThus0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to Unequal exchangeIn0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to Unequal exchangeFor0.60section
Surplus labourrelated to Unequal exchangeDas Kapital0.60section

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