What is ‘simple labour’? A re-examination of the value-creating capacity of skilled labour
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Capital & Class
- Vol. 13 (3) , 113-131
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030981688903900105
Abstract
Examining the century-old controversy over the meaning of ‘simple labour’, the author argues for an approach which distinguishes between simple, average and marginal labour. These distinctions are used to shed light on relations within the working class under the accumulation process.Keywords
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