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  Question 74: Does skilled labor produce more value per hour than unskilled labor? Explain!   
  [54] Chocolate: Re: skilled vs. unskilled labor   First of all i believe that skilled labor will always produce more value per hour than unskilled labor. My understanding of Marx's views on this questions is that if two individuals (one skilled and one unskilled) produce an identical product, and it took them the same amount of labor and time to produce this product. Then both of the products that were produced (one by an unskilled worker, one by a skilled worker) will have equall use and exchange value.   
  An individual who is skilled in what he or she produces will always find a better way to increase his or her technology of producing his or her product. And because he or she is skilled, that individual will also find a way to produce more products per hour. Who would you trust to fix your transmission, a mechanic with ten-years of experience, or one with only a year of experience? The logical answer in my point of would be to pick the one who has ten-years under their belt. But, let us assume that the individual who only has one year of experience graduated with very high credentials from their automechanic school. Let us also assume that his credentials were by far higher than that of the mechanic who has ten-years of experience. In my opinion, I would still chose the mechanic with ten-years of experience, because throughout the years this individual will have aquired the necessary knowledge, experience and know-how, to properly and quickly fix a transmission. The mechanic who had only one year of experience, might have answered all of his test questions correctly, but how would he perform under pressure of actually fixing a transmission under a certain amount of time. Better yet how fast and accurate would he be able to fix the transmission if their company is booked and very busy on a certain day.   
  The mechanic who has ten-years under his belt, will know how to deal with those kinds of pressure situation mainly because he has been around longer and has aquired the necessary skill that will enable him to overcome those situations and produce more output than one who is unskilled.   
 
 
 
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