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Wages, Price and Profit
About this book
Your Boss Says You Can't Have a Raise. This Pamphlet Is Your Answer.
What if your struggle for a higher wage wasn't just a simple request, but a fundamental challenge to the entire economic system? This is the powerful and practical argument at the heart of Karl Marx's classic work.
Delivered as a speech to fellow union organizers, "Wages, Price and Profit" was written to arm the working class with an unstoppable economic logic. When a colleague argued that fighting for better pay was pointlessābecause bosses would just raise pricesāMarx dismantled this defeatist myth piece by piece.
He reveals the real engine of capitalism: the hidden struggle in every working hour over who gets the wealth your labor creates. This isn't just theory; it's a tool. Marx proves that:
- Wage struggles are not futileāthey are a necessary defense against the constant pressure to lower your living standards.
- Profit is not a reward for the boss's riskāit is the portion of the value you produce that they take.
More than just justifying the fight for a fair day's pay, Marx issues a bold call to action. The real goal, he argues, is to move from defensive battles to a transformative war. Don't just fight for a bigger slice of the pie. Fight for the bakery.
This is the essential handbook that turns a wage claim into a revolutionary act.
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Storia mondialeTable of contents
- By Marx for Cactus:
- Preliminary
- I. Production and Wages
- II. Production, Wages, Profits
- III. Wages and Currency
- IV. Supply and Demand
- V. Wages and Prices
- VI. Value and Labour
- VII. Labouring Power
- VIII. Production of Surplus Value
- IX. Value of Labour
- X. Profit is Made by Selling a Commodity at its Value
- XI. The Different Parts into Which Surplus Value is Decomposed
- XII. General Relation of Profits, Wages and Prices
- XIII. Main Cases of Attempts at Raising Wages or Resisting Their Fall
- XIV. The Struggle Between Capital and Labour and its Results