PHI 1103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Surplus Labour
9 Jun 2016
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Class = production of surplus labour + distribution of control of surplus labour. Labour process = transform nature into useful things. Direct labour = labour that is involved in labour process. Socially necessary labour (actual hours involved in producing something) Surplus labour = labour over + above what"s socially necessary. Total labour - socially necessary labour - other costs necessary to reserve labour = surplus labour (the leftover) The salve works all day and the slave is responsible to produce goodsthey dont take care of slaves. so you need to provide shelter and basic needs in order to keep the labour. Big expenditures to keep this system going nobody is forced to slavery. We don"t have the situation of slavery but we do have the situation of exploitation we have a labour working for a wage. Socially necessary labour time = (wage) 6 hours.
