Questions tagged [marxism]
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How is freelancing viewed under Marxism?
How does Marxism view freelance workers? Since a freelancer is the owner of their means of production, are they still viewed as exploited by the bourgeoisie? Could freelancing exist in a Marxist society?
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Do capitalists in the Marxism world view create value?
As I understand it, capital is created through the surplus value, that is the difference between the value of a worker's work (i.e. the wage that he is paid) and the new value that is created through his work. A simplified example would be…
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Marxist Economics: Understanding Capitalist Exploitation through "speed up" or increase in intensity
I have been studying Marxist economics for a little over 3 months now and have been really trying hard to understand the arguments made.
Right now I'm watching Dr. Stephen Resnick's course on Marxist Economics and am having difficulty understanding…
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Is skills or abilities of the worker taking in consideration in Marx law of value?
Is skills or abilities of the worker taking in consideration in Marx law of value?
I know about the subjective theory of value, but I want to know how Marx takes this in consideration
As far as I have been reading the law of value only takes the…
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Marxist Economics: Contradicting Definitions of Capital Intensity?
As noted in a previous post one method of capitalist exploitation in marxian theory is through an increase in labor intensity as defined by the equation:
$$I=\frac{SV+V}{lh}$$
A fellow user RegressForward helped with the basic mathematics involved…
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Secondary literature/reading guide for Marx's Das Kapital
I'm looking to read Marx's Das Kapital, but I'm worried (especially after reading the first chapter) that the form of exposition requires a secondary perspective for someone who is not a Marx scholar. I'm thinking that maybe I lack the context and…
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Validity of Marxist critique
According to the Wikipedia page on Marxist economics, one criticism Marx had of capitalism is that the capitalist model of employment creates a difference between the value the workers create and the value they receive in exchange for their labor -…
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Question about validity of one statement from Marxism
I come from that math and finance side, so I have not studied economics thoroughly, but I have always thought of it as something that could be tackled via game theory (when treatable). I have recently come accross a statement about collectivization…
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Okishio theorem
The tendency of the rate of profit to fall (TRPF) is a hypothesis in economics and political economy, most famously expounded by Karl Marx. The central idea that Marx had, was that overall technological progress has a long-term "labor-saving bias"…
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