Surplus value and accumulation
About this model
Karl Marx, Capital vol. 1, 1867. Workers' labour produces more value than their wages; capitalists keep the surplus and reinvest it in more machines and workers. A teaching model: it keeps only this core loop and leaves out everything else a real economy has.
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It was created in October 2026 and last edited in November 2026.
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