Surplus Value and Super-profits

[heiss93]

Could someone provide a brief summary of how surplus value works and perhaps recommend a book or website. Could you give a current example of surplus value in the current economy? How does it relate to super-profits?

[Niccolò Rossi]

Read the following:

Wage Labour and Capital (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/index.htm)
Value, Price and Profit (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/index.htm)
Capital (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm) (specifically Part 3, chapters 7 (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch07.htm), 8 (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch08.htm), 9 (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch09.htm))Sorry I can only provide you with reading material right now, it's just that I'm really, really pressed for time. I'll try to get back and possibly give you a proper response tomorrow.