Re: The best labor power to exploit

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> cburford@xxxxxxxxxx 10/03/00 06:27PM >>>
Clearly capital is slavering to exploit these lucky workers (below).

But is this because in marxist terms, the rate of their exploitation is
particularly high - and outweighs the cost of their wages?

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Charles: Their status as immigrants probably reduces their wage bargaining power.

Also, an increase in the supply of this form of labor could the cause of reducing the price of this form of labor

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Or that there is a scarcity of this type of commodity?

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Charles: We keep hearing the labor market is tight.

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Or that this is the only way to avoid a crisis of unprofitability in this
sector?

And why must they travel to the USA, rather than capital travelling to them?

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Charles: Greater political volitility outside the U.S. puts some limit on shifting industrial production out of the U.S.

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Any comments on how to approach these questions?

Chris Burford

London



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