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Since labour is motion, time is its natural measure.

Since labour is motion, time is its natural measure.

Karl Marx
Natural, Labour
Karl Marx (1973). “Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy”, Vintage Books USA

An increase in the productivity of labour means nothing more than that the same capital creates the same value with less labour, or that less labour creates the same product with more capital.

Karl Marx
Mean, Increase, Labour
Karl Marx (2005). “Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy”, Penguin UK

The circulation of capital realizes value , while living labour creates value .

Karl Marx
Realizing, Circulation, Labour
"Grundrisse". Book by Karl Marx, Notebook V, The Chapter on Capital, p. 463, 1857-1858.

Be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.

Karl Marx
Rewards, Quantity, Labour
Karl Marx, Hugh Griffith, F. Engels (2009). “Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels”, p.97, Collector's Library

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