Corresponding to “surplus labor-time”. The labor-time necessary for the maintenance and reproduction of labor-power. In order to maintain their own life and education and that of their families and to keep up their labor-power, workers need necessary goods. The labor consumed in the production of such goods is called necessary labor, and the time taken for this purpose is called necessary labor time…
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