This paper provides an innovative axiomatic analysis of the notion of exploitation as the unequal exchange of labour. General convex economies with heterogeneous agents endowed with unequal amounts of physical and human capital are considered. An axiomatic characterisation of the class of...

This paper focuses on the theoretical status of the fundamental Marxian theorem in various interpretations of Marxian value theory, particularly with regard to the logical consistency rather than the analytical implication. It will be shown that each interpretation proves the fundamental Marxian...