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Wage Labour and Capital

Karl Marx

A concise introduction to wages, labor power, capital, competition, and the antagonistic relation between wage labor and capital.

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Written / first published
1847
Format
Pamphlet
Difficulty
Introductory
Language
English
Edition
Original 1891 pamphlet, edited and translated by Friedrich Engels
Sections
10

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  1. Introduction by Friedrich Engels
  2. Preliminary
  3. What Are Wages?
  4. By What Is the Price of a Commodity Determined?
  5. By What Are Wages Determined?
  6. The Nature and Growth of Capital
  7. Relation of Wage Labour to Capital
  8. The General Law That Determines the Rise and Fall of Wages and Profit
  9. The Interests of Capital and Wage Labour Are Diametrically Opposed
  10. Effect of Capitalist Competition on the Capitalist, Middle, and Working Classes