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ABSTRACT

This article is framed in the debate regarding the relationship between the differentiation of labor power’s conditions of reproduction and the characteristics of the productive structure in Latin America. We analyze the evolution of this relationship in Argentina, by recognizing the specificity of this country in the global capital accumulation. Firstly, we describe the form in which the new international division of labor is expressed inside this country and we conclude that it implies the need for new compensation for the productive lag of the national economy: the sale of labor power below its value. Secondly, we present evidence on the relationship between the specificity of national accumulation and reproduction of the labor power, which allows us to conclude that a portion of the Argentinean working class is consolidated in its role of relative surplus population.

KEYWORDS: Labor power; Relative surplus population; Economic cycle; Ground rent; Argentina

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