Su bs u mpt i o n o f l abo r

i n c api t AL

Ways to
produce

Two elements

Inclusion Subordination

It works as an
It is a relationship between
instrument of
the capitalist and the
capital
worker in which the
appreciation
capitalist is the exploiter
since the worker has no
other means to survive.

Subordinated to
capital

Worker is subordinated to
capital

Types of Types
of subsumption

Indirect Real
subsumption Subsumption

An increase in productivity
In INCLUSION, work is an is thus achieved by
instrument of capital appreciation shortening the part of the
and in SUBORDINATION it working day that
requires, enables and modifies corresponds to the
the existence of these processes. necessary work and, as a
consequence, the time in
which surplus value is
created is prolonged.

Formal
subordination

It stands out in this that there was no

intervention in the production process, but it
does have a dominant and determining role in
the social form.

It includes

Wage ratios Exploitation

Commercial production Use value Exploitation

(characteristics)

Work processes that produce Since it is not

goods and services that directly
Preserves the trend of its subsumed
generate wealth, but it is not
production and means of into capital,
mercantile, but useful for life,
subsistence for example
for example (agriculture and
User of their own work (housewives)
care work)
Sell the products of the same
and not of its workforce