“ A man’s profit does not depend upon his command of the produce of other men’s labour, but upon his command of labour itself. ”
Karl Marx, Das Kapital (1867). copy citation
Author | Karl Marx |
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Source | Das Kapital |
Topic | profit labour |
Date | 1867 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling |
Weblink | https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Capital-Volume-... |
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“he will be able to clothe his workmen by means of a smaller proportion of the entire return ... and thus his profit will be raised. But in no other way will it be influenced.” (Ramsay, l.c., pp. 168, 169.)
4 “A man’s profit does not depend upon his command of the produce of other men’s labour, but upon his command of labour itself. If he can sell his goods at a higher price, while his workmen’s wages remain unaltered, he is clearly benefited.... A smaller proportion of what he produces is sufficient to put that labour into motion, and a larger proportion consequently remains for himself.””
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