[OPE-L:3089] formulas for the rate of surplus value

Gerald Lev (glevy@pratt.edu)
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 05:44:14 -0700 (PDT)

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Allin wrote in [OPE-L:3080]:

> [...] I have long thought that it would be better to
> express the rate of surplus value as s/(s+v), the fraction of the
> working day appropriated by capital. [...]

OK, I'll bite since we haven't discussed this question before on this
list.

Why is s/(s+v) better than s/v?

In OPE-L Solidarity,

Jerry