{"id":270,"date":"2025-12-31T00:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aeris.baby\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=270"},"modified":"2025-12-31T00:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T00:50:19","slug":"surplus-labor-value","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/aeris.baby\/?glossary=surplus-labor-value","title":{"rendered":"labor value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">the value created by human work in producing goods or services, prior to how it&rsquo;s distributed or captured.<br>&ldquo;Surplus <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;labor value&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;the value created by human work in producing goods or services, prior to how it&rsquo;s distributed or captured.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Surplus labor value&amp;quot; is the portion of value workers create beyond what they are paid, which is captured by owners or institutions. Whether that remainder should be called &amp;quot;surplus&rdquo; at all is a separate question.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Example:&amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt; a worker produces $200 of goods in a day but is paid $80; the remaining value is often called &amp;quot;surplus.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/aeris.baby\/?glossary=surplus-labor-value\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>labor value<\/a>&rdquo; is the portion of value workers create beyond what they are paid, which is captured by owners or institutions. Whether that remainder should be called &ldquo;surplus&rdquo; at all is a separate question.<br><em>Example:<\/em> a worker produces $200 of goods in a day but is paid $80; the remaining value is often called &ldquo;surplus.&rdquo;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the value created by human work in producing goods or services, prior to how it&rsquo;s distributed or captured.&ldquo;Surplus <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;labor value&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;the value created by human work in producing goods or services, prior to how it&rsquo;s distributed or captured.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Surplus labor value&amp;quot; is the portion of value workers create beyond what they are paid, which is captured by owners or institutions. Whether that remainder should be called &amp;quot;surplus&rdquo; at all is a separate question.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Example:&amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt; a worker produces $200 of goods in a day but is paid $80; the remaining value is often called &amp;quot;surplus.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/aeris.baby\/?glossary=surplus-labor-value\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">labor value<\/a>&rdquo; is the portion of value workers create beyond what they are paid, which is captured by owners or institutions. Whether that remainder should be called &ldquo;surplus&rdquo; at all is a separate question.Example: a worker produces [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-270","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>labor value - A Fox&#039;s Sky<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aeris.baby\/?glossary=surplus-labor-value\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"labor value - A Fox&#039;s Sky\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"the value created by human work in producing goods or services, prior to how it&rsquo;s distributed or captured.&ldquo;Surplus labor value&rdquo; is the portion of value workers create beyond what they are paid, which is captured by owners or institutions. 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