Surplus value is exactly equal to surplus labour; the increase of the one [is] exactly measured by the diminution of necessary labour. (Karl Marx)

Surplus value is exactly equal to surplus labour; the increase of the one [is] exactly measured by the diminution of necessary labour.

Karl Marx

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