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The proletariat as producer and as product

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  • João Bernardo

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The author criticizes the theses according to which the labour force is producedoutside the capitalist production process. In the model he proposes the family wages coverboth the production of goods and services and the production of labour force. The proletariatconsidered as input produces surplus value and considered as output embodies surplusvalue. The author analyses the relationship between the labour force as output and as input.He also intends to show that the market role in capitalism is minor, and the state role is thecentral one. In changing from output to input the labour force is devalued by the process ofthe relative surplus value. At last, he analyses some implications of this model as far as socialstruggles are concerned. JEL Classification: J21; J10; B52.

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  • João Bernardo, 1985. "The proletariat as producer and as product," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 5(3), pages 403-421.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:5:y:1985:i:3:p:403-421:id:1855
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    Keywords

    Labor force; value theory; Marxism;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;

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