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Part 20: The Piece-Wage Dilemma: How Productivity Impacts Digital Workers’ Compensation

In the dynamic digital realm, where digital content creators, platform moderators, data analysts, privacy experts, and others flourish, the concept of piece-wages assumes significance. In “Das Kapital,” Karl Marx delves into the complexities of labor relations within capitalist systems, offering valuable insights into the piece-wage system and its implications for digital workers in the digital…

July 11, 2023
Part 11: Understanding the Relationship between Rate and Mass of Surplus-Value in the Digital Era: Implications for Information, Data, and Privacy

In “Das Kapital,” Karl Marx highlights the relationship between the rate and mass of surplus-value and their impact on capital accumulation. The rate of surplus-value represents the intensity of labor exploitation and the generation of surplus-value, while the mass of surplus-value depends on both the rate and the size of the labor force. Marx argues…

July 9, 2023

Part 20: The Piece-Wage Dilemma: How Productivity Impacts Digital Workers’ Compensation