Os mecanismos da superexploração da força de trabalho

Abstract

The article examines the mechanisms of increasing the rate of surplus value which, according to Ruy Mauro Marini, configure an overexploitation of labor power, one of the fundamental tendencies of capitalist development in dependent economies. They consist of the intensification of labor, the prolongation of the working day and the reduction of wages below the value of labor power. The common feature of the three mechanisms is that, on an average, wages are below the value of labor power. The article aims to analyze the origin of divergence between value and price of labor power in each case. After exposing the concept of overexploitation and make a brief rescue of the main aspects of the relationship between price and value of labor power in Marx, we try to show how each of these mechanisms attends the criterion adopted by Marini for characterize the presence of overexploitation.

Keywords

• overexploitation
• value of labor power
• price of labor power
• dependent economies