Karl Marx · Economics

Where Profit Comes From

Marx’s theory that the profit of capitalism is squeezed from the unpaid labour of workers - the hidden mechanism he called surplus value and exploitation.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Marx locates profit in surplus value. Reconstruct how the worker’s labour creates more value than their wage, and why Marx calls this exploitation, in your own words.

Leads to John Maynard Keynes.

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