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Rate of exploitation

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Revision as of 17:13, 8 May 2023 by Pancake (talk | contribs) (Add a few examples of actual calculated exploitation rates (Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet/Google).)

Rate of Exploitation (aka Rate of Surplus Value) is the relation of surplus value to variable capital. The higher the surplus value is, relative to the variable capital spent, the higher the rate of exploitation becomes. Put another way, Surplus value/Variable capital = Rate of Exploitation.

Company Rate of explaitation (lower bound) Sources Year
Apple Inc. 177 % [1] 2023
Amazon.com, Inc. 9.7 % [2] 2023
Microsoft Corp 139 % [3] 2022
Alphabet Inc. 82 % [4] 2023
  1. Apple Inc. (2023-04-01). "10-Q Q2 2023"
  2. Amazon.com, Inc. (2023-03-31). "AMZN-2023.03.31"
  3. Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft 2022 Annua Report"
  4. Alphabet Inc.. "GOOG 10-Q Q1 2023"