Country United States Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 978-0674344402 Subject Exploitation of labour | Language English Pages 298 Originally published 1982 Page count 298 | |
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A General Theory of Exploitation and Class is a 1982 book by economist and political scientist John Roemer.
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Summary
Roemer reconstructs theories of exploitation and class. Roemer employs rational choice and game theory in order to demonstrate how exploitation and class relations may arise in the development of a market for labour.
Reception
According to political theorist Terrell Carver, A General Theory of Exploitation and Class is the classic reconstruction of theories of exploitation and class within Analytical Marxism. Philosopher Jonathan Wolff writes that it forms part of a body of work on exploitation that has been highly influential.
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