Abstract

The author criticizes the theses according to which the labour force is produced
outside the capitalist production process. In the model he proposes the family wages cover
both the production of goods and services and the production of labour force. The proletariat
considered as input produces surplus value and considered as output embodies surplus
value. The author analyses the relationship between the labour force as output and as input.
He also intends to show that the market role in capitalism is minor, and the state role is the
central one. In changing from output to input the labour force is devalued by the process of
the relative surplus value. At last, he analyses some implications of this model as far as social
struggles are concerned.

JEL Classification: J21; J10; B52.