How do you calculate the extent to which capitalists exploit you? Marx gives you the answer

The concept proposed by Marx in Capital: the rate of surplus value can intuitively reflect the degree of exploitation of laborers by capitalists, and the calculation formula is:

Rate of surplus value = 100% × (surplus labour time ÷ necessary labour time)

必要劳动时间指的‬是‬劳动者的劳动时间中用于生产维持劳动者自身及其家庭生活所必需的生活资料的那部分时间。 Produce necessary products or necessary values within the necessary labor time. 为了‬方便‬计算‬，这里‬姑且‬用‬资本家‬支付给‬劳动者‬的‬日均‬工资‬代替‬。

Surplus working time means the part of the worker's working time other than the time used to produce the means of subsistence necessary for the maintenance of the worker himself and his family. In the remaining labor time, the surplus product or surplus value is produced. For the sake of calculation, here shall be replaced by the daily profits created by the laborers for the capitalists

So the final formula is:

剩余价值率=(劳动者创造的日利润‬÷劳动者‬的‬日均‬工资‬)×100%

The newly derived formula can then be used to calculate the degree of exploitation of labor by capitalists

For example, if your average daily wage is 600 yuan and the daily profit created for a capitalist (company) is 800 yuan, then:

剩余价值率=(800‬÷600)×100%=133.33%

So the degree of exploitation of you by capitalists (companies) is 133.33%. [A flash of inspiration]

In this example, you can calculate how much your company exploits you [dental]

Marx

Capital