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Surplus value

In Marxian economics, surplus value is the difference between the amount raised through a sale of a product and the amount it cost to manufacture it: i.e. the amount raised through sale of the product minus the cost of the materials, plant and labour power. The concept originated in Ricardian socialism, with the term "surplus value" itself being coined…

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Appropriation from production

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Production versus realisation

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related to Different conceptions · 12
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related to Origin · 12
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measured by · 8
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related to Relation to the circuits of capital · 8
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related to Theory · 5
Surplus value → Although, Effectively, Friedrich Engels, Marx's, The
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related to Equalisation of rates · 3
Surplus value → Capital Vol, Hence, Marx

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value surplus surplus-value production marx capital profit labour capitalist also income economic product marx's theory concept see increase power wealth

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Surplus valueis adifference between the amount raised through a sale of a product and the amount it cost to manufacture it0.90text
Surplus valueis adifference in value created by workers in the process of production and the wages they receive in exchange for their labor0.90text
the Grundrisseinstance ofAppropriation from productionBoth in Das Kapital and in preparatory manuscripts0.80text
Results of the immediate process of productioninstance ofAppropriation from productionBoth in Das Kapital and in preparatory manuscripts0.80text
Marx asserts that commerce by stages transforms a non-capitalist production process into a capitalist production processinstance ofAppropriation from productionBoth in Das Kapital and in preparatory manuscripts0.80text
integrating it fully into marketsinstance ofAppropriation from productionBoth in Das Kapital and in preparatory manuscripts0.80text
so that all inputsinstance ofAppropriation from productionBoth in Das Kapital and in preparatory manuscripts0.80text
outputs become marketed goods or servicesinstance ofAppropriation from productionBoth in Das Kapital and in preparatory manuscripts0.80text
Samir Amin that surplus-value realised from commercial tradeinstance ofsuggesting to Marxian economists0.80text
Surplus valuemeasured byThe0.60section
Surplus valuemeasured byMarx0.60section
Surplus valuemeasured byDas Kapital0.60section

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