These commodities must be sold after they have been produced, it is onlyĪfter their sale that they can serve in satisfying the requirements of In a society where all products assume the form of commodities, Man always has been, and must still be a consumer, both before and while can live upon future products, or upon use-values in an unfinished state Īnd ever since the first moment of his appearance on the world’s stage, Nobody - not even “a musician of the future” Labour-power, he must of course have the means of production, as raw material, In order that a man may be able to sell commodities other than Must be obliged to offer for sale as a commodity that very labour-power, In the position to sell commodities in which his labour is incorporated, In the market as a commodity is this - that the labourer instead of being ![]() The second essential condition to the owner of money finding labour-power By this means aloneĬan he avoid renouncing his rights of ownership over it. The buyer temporarily, for a definite period of time. Own commodity, and this he can only do by placing it at the disposal of He must constantly look upon his labour-power as his own property, his Should sell it only for a definite period, for if he were to sell it rumpĪnd stump, once for all, he would be selling himself, converting himselfįrom a free man into a slave, from an owner of a commodity into a commodity. The continuance of this relation demands that the owner of the labour-power He and the owner of money meet in the market, and deal with each otherĪs on the basis of equal rights, with this difference alone, that one isīuyer, the other seller both, therefore, equal in the eyes of the law. ![]() Of his capacity for labour, i.e., of his person. To do this, he must have it at his disposal, must be the untrammelled owner It for sale, or sells it, as a commodity. Labour-power can appear upon the market as a commodity, only if, and soįar as, its possessor, the individual whose labour-power it is, offers Of dependence than those which result from its own nature. The exchange of commodities of itself implies no other relations Offered for sale as a commodity, various conditions must first beįulfilled. The possessor of money does find on the market such a specialĬommodity in capacity for labour or labour-power.īy labour-power or capacity for labour is to be understood theĪggregate of those mental and physical capabilities existing in a humanīeing, which he exercises whenever he produces a use-value of any description.īut in order that our owner of money may be able to find labour-power Therefore, is itself an embodiment of labour, and, consequently, a creation Peculiar property of being a source of value, whose actual consumption, Our friend, Moneybags, must be so lucky as to find, within the sphere ofĬirculation, in the market, a commodity, whose use-value possesses the In order to be able to extract value from the consumption of a commodity, ![]() Originates in the use-value, as such, of the commodity, i.e., in its consumption. We are, therefore, forced to the conclusion that the change Value, for equivalents are exchanged, and the commodity is paid for at Take place in the commodity bought by the first act, M-C, but not in its Just as little can it originate in the second act of circulation, the re-sale of the commodity, which does no more than transform the article from itsīodily form back again into its money-form. It does no more than realise the price of the commodity it buys or paysįor and, as hard cash, it is value petrified, never varying. Money itself, since in its function of means of purchase and of payment, Of money intended to be converted into capital, cannot take place in the The change of value that occurs in the case I - Chapter SixĬhapter Six: The Buying and Selling of Labour-Power
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