{"id":3247,"date":"2021-06-10T03:08:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-introduction-to-american-government-summer-2021\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2021-06-10T03:11:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T03:11:26","slug":"labour-and-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-introduction-to-american-government-summer-2021\/2021\/06\/10\/labour-and-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour and value."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. Two key concepts in this video are the means of production <\/strong>and labor<\/strong>. In your comment, explain how you understand the means of production and labor. Give an example of each.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Definition of Means of production: tools, technology one uses to get a product.  For example: I\u2019m a singer, in order to record a song I will need things like a microphone, a quiet space to record, monitor speakers and a mixer where to connect all my technology. Those would be the means of production to create my product which would in this case be a recorded song. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Definition of Labour: for Marx is the one thing that can increase the value of what people have. To illustrate: If I bought a big chunk of fabric and did nothing with it, its value would remain the same. However, If I labour to make a shirt out of it. Its value would increase, and all I\u2019ve added to it was my labour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Another important concept in understanding social class is value<\/strong>. Based on the ideas presented in Video 5.1<\/em>, what is value?  What give \u201cvalue\u201d to value, what makes something valuable? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Definition of Value: For Marx, value is something proportional to the measure of how much labor it takes to produce something under normal circumstances. It is measured in time, hours and minutes. Under this context, what gives value to a product is the labour that a person puts in in. Likewise, the time that a person invests laboring in a product under normal circumstances is what adds value to a product. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. How are labor\u00a0and\u00a0value\u00a0<\/strong>related? What\u2019s the relationship\/connection between the two?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The relation that labor and value have is conditioned by a product. They are cause and effect, proportional to one another. In fact, the more time a person invests into laboring the more valuable the product will be. On the opposite, the less labour that a product requires the less valuable it will be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. How do you understand the difference between labor\u00a0<\/strong>and labor\u00a0power?\u00a0<\/strong>Hint:<\/em> this is a key difference, give it your best shot based on what the video says about it, and your own ideas. We\u2019ll clarify and develop it in our discussions, and in my video comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The difference is simple: Labour is the action that applied increases the value of a product, and power of labour is the ability to get to use one’s labour. As a matter of fact, video 5.1 explains it very well. For example: a person requires commodities food, clothing and shelter to be able to have the power to labour. Then, when people go work, they rent their labour power for the day, and there they get to increase the value of products (labour)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. Surplus Value:\u00a0<\/strong>what is it? Why is it important to know about, in our study of social classes? Think about an example of surplus value?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Surplus value is the value kept produced after the costs of a persons labour power is covered .Since the means of production are privately owned, any product done by an employee belongs to a the owning class. Later, they sell the products to make profit and keep that to themselves. In other words, the surpus value goes to the owning class. Under capitalism one is always paid less than what one\u2019s labour is actually worth. What people is not paid is the profit or surplus value that the owning class keep to themselves. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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