Rate of surplus value

According to Karl Marx in his work Capital, the rate of surplus value is a formula that relates the surplus value to the variable capital invested in the corresponding productive process, that is, the investment in labor power. In other words, the rate of surplus value is equal to the value of surplus value divided by the value of personnel costs (wages). P & # x2032; = P C V {\displaystyle P'={\frac {P}{CV}}}

Where P is the surplus value and CV the variable capital. The result of the formula shows us the exact amount of surplus value generated by each unit of variable capital invested in the production process, and is then interpreted as the capacity for self-valuation of variable capital. The rate of surplus value is interpreted by Marx as a percentage rate of exploitation.

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