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PoliEdPod 1: Marx and Political Economy (Introduction to Class Unity #1)

Class Unity

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The Capitalist Perspective on Wages

"From the capitalist standpoint, wages are a cost," he says. "The laborer has zero concern with who is getting the surplus value." The worker produces aggregate wealth, which is exchanged for money from capitalists and financiers,. Thaddeus: From Marx's perspective, workers are trying to take up all the value.

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