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This paper critically analyses the strongly subjectivist approach to exploitation theory recently proposed by Matsuo … exploitation index can be constructed. It is argued that a minimal objectivism is necessary in exploitation theory, whereby … related to the 'New Interpretation' ([1]; [3]). It is argued that it captures the core intuitions of exploitation theory and …
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It is frequently believed, in a quite schizophrenic fashion, that a theory of value must just solve the question of "relative prices" (a microeconomic problem), being mainly the theory of money the piece needed for determining the absolute or monetary level of prices (a macroeconomic problem)....
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unemployment, the inefficient use of labour and over-exploitation of the labourers, are the major source for the cyclical nature of … the capitalistic development. It is shown that the monopolistic exploitation is much greater than orthodox theory suggests … leading to the “Over-Exploitation Hypothesis.” …
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Socially necessary labour time is a key concept in Marxian economic theory. However it is hardly ever properly discussed. This article presents the English translation of a section of a textbook on political economy of socialism published in the former German Democratic Republic in 1974 by an...
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In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest in the controversies surrounding capital theory. At the heart of these debates are the empirically observed near-linearities in the price-rate of profit and wage rate of profit curves. This article posits that these near-linearities can be...
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This paper analyses the equilibrium dynamics of exploitation and class in general accumulation economies with … emergence and persistence of exploitation and class are investigated, and the role of labour-saving technical change and, even … more importantly, power is highlighted. Second, it is shown that the concept of exploitation provides the foundations for a …
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This paper uses a computational framework to analyse the equilibrium dynamics of exploitation and inequality in … accumulation economies with heterogeneous labour. A novel index is presented which measures the intensity of exploitation at the … individual level and the dynamics of the distribution of exploitation intensity is analysed. The effects of technical change and …
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degree of exploitation. On the one hand, the ratio between effort and wage the higher-skilled workers experience is lower … precipitously as skill increases. The workers with the highest level of skill experience zero degree of exploitation in terms of …
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positive profits. -- Justice ; Exploitation ; Class ; Convex economies … developed, which allows an explicit analysis of the core positive and normative intuitions behind the concept of exploitation …. Three main new axioms, called Labour Exploitation in Subsistence Economies, Relational Exploitation, and Feasibility of Non-Exploitation …
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The old theories of imperialism attempted to explain the phenomenon of the militarization of the industrial nations and their conflict over colonies that led to World War I. It was the rise of monopoly capitalism, the emergence of finance capital and the control over the state that led...
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