Arbeitspapier

The dynamics of exploitation and class in accumulation economies

This paper analyses the equilibrium dynamics of exploitation and class in general accumulation economies with population growth, technical change, and bargaining by adopting a novel computational approach. First, the determinants of the emergence and persistence of exploitation and class are investigated, and the role of labour-saving technical change and, even more importantly, power is highlighted. Second, it is shown that the concept of exploitation provides the foundations for a logically coherent and empirically relevant analysis of inequalities and class relations in advanced capitalist economies. An index that identifies the exploitation level, or intensity of each individual can be defined and its empirical distribution studied using the standard tools developed in the theory of inequality measurement.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2014-14

Classification
Wirtschaft
Current Heterodox Approaches: Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Computational Techniques; Simulation Modeling
Subject
Exploitation
class
accumulation
simulation

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Cogliano, Jonathan F.
Veneziani, Roberto
Yoshihara, Naoki
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics
(where)
Amherst, MA
(when)
2014

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Cogliano, Jonathan F.
  • Veneziani, Roberto
  • Yoshihara, Naoki
  • University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2014

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