Workers Picking Strawberries Can Pick 100 Baskets an Hour, but the Value

question 38

Multiple Choice

Workers picking strawberries can pick 100 baskets an hour, but the value of 20 baskets is all it costs the employer to pay them their hourly wages. According to Karl Marx, the income the employer collects from the extra baskets is:

• A) extra wages.
• B) surplus value.
• C) wage theft.
• D) extra income.

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