Wage Labour and Capital by Karl Marx ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

Wage Labour and Capital by Karl Marx audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

In Wage Labour and Capital, Karl Marx delivers a clear, tightly argued introduction to how capitalist economies work and why, in his view, they produce deep social conflict. Written as an accessible series of talks and articles, the book begins with the everyday reality of the worker who must sell labor power to survive, then asks what wages really measure and how they are shaped by competition and the needs of industry. Marx distinguishes between labor and the capacity to labor, explaining how profit can rise even when wages appear fair, and he traces how technological change, productivity, and the concentration of ownership alter the balance between workers and employers. Along the way, he explores the roles of capital, markets, and class power, showing how economic relationships become social relationships and how dependence can be built into a system that claims freedom of contract. Both a primer in political economy and a call to see beneath surface prices, Wage Labour and Capital sets out the core tensions of modern work: security versus flexibility, value versus pay, and human needs versus accumulation.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 0

(00:22:33) Chapter 1

(00:27:11) Chapter 2

(00:37:38) Chapter 3

(00:49:10) Chapter 4

(00:53:09) Chapter 5

(01:00:36) Chapter 6

(01:12:10) Chapter 7

(01:19:11) Chapter 8

(01:28:32) Chapter 9

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