surplus value
(in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
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For years, the received wisdom in the NFL has been that building a successful team over the long term requires a star quarterback coupled with good, cheap, young players that provide surplus value over the period of their rookie deals.
The Rams Love Trading Early Draft Picks. How Much Value Do They Find In The Later Rounds? | Josh Hermsmeyer | November 19, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThe surplus value in production is trifling and seems large only because concentrated in comparatively few hands.
The Inhumanity of Socialism | Edward F. AdamsSince the economic factor is the determining factor, what does the law of surplus value furnish us?
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery BrownThe capitalist class strives to get more surplus value and the working class strives to get more wages.
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery BrownNow surplus value, as we have seen, is of two kinds, absolute and relative.
Contemporary Socialism | John Rae
The economists of the capitalist era talk solely of the means and ways by which profit and surplus value may be increased.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy | Joseph Dietzgen
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