Wage Labour and Capital

Marx, Karl

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Year First Published: {18537 Wage Labour and Capital WAGE LABOUR AND CAPITAL Marx, Karl http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/MIA/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/index.htm http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/index.htm From Engels' 1891 introduction: "This pamphlet first appeared in the form of a series of leading articles in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, beginning on April 4th, 1849. The text is made up of from lectures delivered by Marx before the German Workingmen’s Club of Brussels in 1847. The series was never completed. Marx, in the ’40s, had not yet completed his criticism of political economy. This was not done until toward the end of the fifties. Consequently, such of his writings as were published before the first installment of his Critique of Political Economy was finished, deviate in some points from those written after 1859, and contain expressions and whole sentences which, viewed from the standpoint of his later writings, appear inexact, and even incorrect." 1847 1891 BL0195-Marx1861km1W.jpg B Book - Table of Contents: Introduction Preliminary What are wages? By what is the price of a commodity determined? By what are wages determined? The nature and growth of capital Relation of wage-labor to capital The general law that determines the rise and fall of wages and profit The interests of capital and wage-labor are diametrically opposed Effect of capitalist competition on the capitalist class, middle class and working class CX10968 1 false true false CX10968.htm [0xc0017daed0 0xc00051fdd0 0xc0022ae0c0] Cx}
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From Engels' 1891 introduction: "This pamphlet first appeared in the form of a series of leading articles in the Neue Rheinische Zeitung, beginning on April 4th, 1849. The text is made up of from lectures delivered by Marx before the German Workingmen’s Club of Brussels in 1847. The series was never completed. Marx, in the ’40s, had not yet completed his criticism of political economy. This was not done until toward the end of the fifties. Consequently, such of his writings as were published before the first installment of his Critique of Political Economy was finished, deviate in some points from those written after 1859, and contain expressions and whole sentences which, viewed from the standpoint of his later writings, appear inexact, and even incorrect."

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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Preliminary
What are wages?
By what is the price of a commodity determined?
By what are wages determined?
The nature and growth of capital
Relation of wage-labor to capital
The general law that determines the rise and fall of wages and profit
The interests of capital and wage-labor are diametrically opposed
Effect of capitalist competition on the capitalist class, middle class and working class

Wage Labour and Capital

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