What Is the Essentialist Thesis

question 205

Multiple Choice

What is the essentialist thesis?

• A) The thesis that reproductive labor is essentially something that shouldn't be bought or sold
• B) The thesis that commodifying women's reproductive labor entails commodifying children
• C) The thesis that we ought to treat all forms of labor the same
• D) The thesis that we must treat reproductive labor differently than other forms of labor

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The financial outlay required to create another unit of a good or service.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production (fixed plus variable costs) divided by the number of goods produced, essentially the per unit production cost.

Average Variable Cost

The total variable costs (like materials and labor) divided by the quantity of output produced, indicating the cost of producing each unit.

Fixed Capital

Long-term assets used in the production of goods and services, such as buildings, machinery, and equipment.