Marx Flashcards
three factors of production
land, labor, capital
capital
property used to produce other property
capitalist
people whose income derives from owning capital
use value
the value an item has in virtue of ones ability to consume it
exchange value
the value an item has in virtue of ones ability to trade it for something
labor theory of value
the price of goods is determined by the socially necessary labor cost of the good- subsistence level wages
theory of exploitation
capitalists get the surplus value and use it to buy more capital and increase power over the workers
what do subsistence level wages lead to
the theory of surplus value - the difference between the price of labor and the price of goods produced by the laborer
marxist view of property
property is capital. when property is private, the owners do not have to think of their workers as people which leads to exploitation.
-the amount of property owned dictates ones position in society
surplus value
difference between the price of labor and the price of goods produced by the laborer
where do capitalists get wealth
extracting surplus value from workers