https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/473643cf-346b-48af-a755-fc9abda56516 It is well-understood in Marxist theory that capitalists can extract more value from the labor process by increasing the rate of exploitation. However, a later contribution made by Ruy Mauro Marini explored the possibility of capitalists paying workers less than the amount needed for reproduction. This super-exploitation plays a key role in the contemporary global economy and reflects a stark gap between the Global North and the Global South.Narration, script, and editing by M. Animated intro by Jack, co-host of the Auxiliary Statements podcast @AuxStatements on Twitter. Intro music by Charles Tristan:https://soundcloud.com/charles-tristanPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/themarxistproject Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarxistProjectReferences: Marini, Ruy Mauro (2022). The Dialectics of Dependency. Ed. by Jaime Osorio. Trans. by Amanda Latimer. Monthly Review Press. Karl, Marx (1993). Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy. Trans. by Martin Nicolaus. Penguin Classics. Penguin Books. Osorio, James and Cristobal Reyes, eds. (2023). Labour Super-Exploitation, Unequal Exchange and Capital Reproduction: Writings on Marxist Dependency Theory. Vol. 4. Debates and Alternatives for Social Change. Columbia University Press. Smith, John (2016). Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism’s Final Crisis. New York, NY: Monthly Review Press. Suwandi, Intan (2019). Value chains: the new economic imperialism. Monthly Review Press.00:00 - 00:13 Intro 00:14 - 01:58 Rate of Exploitation 01:59 - 04:15 Super-Exploitation 04:16 - 04:37 Global Labor Arbitrage 04:38 - 05:51 Exploitation of Southern Workers 05:52 - 06:29 Labor Aristocracy 06:30 - 07:08 Capital vs. Labor 07:09 - 07:41 International Class Struggle 07:42 - 07:57 Outro Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:26:42 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/473643cf-346b-48af-a755-fc9abda56516 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.