labour power
nounEtymology Calque of German Arbeitskraft.
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Marxism The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.
noun
Etymology Calque of German Arbeitskraft.
Marxism The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.
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