The Living-Dead Marxist Profit Calculator

Enter the Total Capital (£) invested below: Set the proportion of the total capital invested between Constant Capital (c) (Dead Labour) and Variable Capital (v) (Living Labour) below:

80%

Constant Capital: £800.00 (80%)
Variable Capital: £200.00 (20%)

Rate of Exploitation (%):
The ratio between the necessary labour (required to cover wages) and the surplus labour that is unpaid.

In Marx’s terms:
Rate of Exploitation = Surplus Labour ÷ Necessary Labour × 100
Also called the “rate of surplus-value” — it shows how much value the capitalist extracts above the worker's wage.

What does this mean?
Profit is the return on total capital invested. As only living labour adds new value, the profit rate is the surplus value generated from workers divided by the total capital invested — both constant and variable.