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Marxian political economy

the pool of unemployed and underemployed workers that, in the source's account, capitalist accumulation creates and that restrains wages.

In marxian political economy, reserve army of labour refers to the pool of unemployed and underemployed workers that, in the source's account, capitalist accumulation creates and that restrains wages. This meaning comes from Marx (1867/1906) in Capital, a critique of political economy.[1]

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References

Marx, K. (1906). Capital, a critique of political economy (S. Moore & E. Aveling, Trans.; F. Engels, Ed.). Modern Library. (Original work published 1867) Open Library record

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