labour power

noun

Etymology

Calque of German Arbeitskraft.

  1. derived from Arbeitskraft

Definitions

  1. The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes…

    The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for labour power. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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