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SOSC 1520 9.0 Markets & Democracy

Assignment 9: Reading questions

Reading: Karl Marx (1867). Capital volume I, chapter 14: “Division of labour and manufacture”, sections 4 and 5.

Weight: 5% of course grade

Due date: 26th November

The usual instructions as given on earlier assignments apply to this one, too.

1) Marx writes that the division of labour in manufacturing is characterised by the fact that the detail labourer produces no commodity. Explain what this means. (3 marks) (Hint to students: an example would help to illustrate your answer) (Word limit: 250).

2) Marx describes the rule of the capitalist over workers in the work place as despotic. What does he mean by this? (2 marks) (Word limit: 200)