Pages 171-176 in that book (section called "uneven development: social labor"). I'd be happy to send you an image of the section, if you're interested.
here's a quote: "By paying the technically and administratively advance grades of labor at rates in excess of exchange value, the market mechanisms of capitalism stimulate the production of these grades of labor by making them more attractive to the young, on the one hand" on the other, by pulling surplus value out of labor of less expensive grades and transferring it to advanced sectors for overpayment, hence the overproduction of skilled labor, the market cruelly represses the production of labor power of less skilled and educated workers." I might be just imagining, but I'm not sure if Becker is talking about the OCC of firms putting pressure on wages, or the internal OCC of labor power directly determining the price-cost of labor power. well ... you may read the section for yourself and I'd be delighted to see what you make of it. Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What pages of Becker is the discussion on? ........ There can be unequal exchange even in a system of simple commodity production. If artisan Adam is able to sell his product for a higher price than (is proportional to) its value, he can gain from artisan Eve, who can't. This might happen due to Adam having a monopoly. .......... I think it was Hilferding who saw the value-creating capability of an individual worker as being a result of investment in training (I almost said "human capital"). Then an individual might be seen as having an internal OCC. But I don't see how there could be an equalization of the rate of profit between workers. --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.
