generate questions: In Marxian analysis, capitalist firms increasingly substitute capital equipment for labor inputs (workers) under competitive pressure to reduce costs and maximize profits. Over the long-term, this trend increases the organic composition of capital, meaning that less workers are required in proportion to capital inputs, increasing unemployment (the "reserve army of labour"). This process exerts a downward pressure on wages. The substitution of capital equipment for labor (mechanization and automation) raises the productivity of each worker, resulting in a situation of relatively stagnant wages for the working class amidst rising levels of property income for the capitalist class.
What pushes businesses to increase pressures on workers? {sep_token} What impact does workers working harder have on productivity of a business? {sep_token} When less workers are required, what happens to the job market? {sep_token} What impact does higher worker productivity and leveled pay have on higher earners? {sep_token} What do capitalist firms substitute equipment for in a Marxian analysis? {sep_token} Why do firms substitute equipment for workers? {sep_token} What trend increases the organic composition of capital over the long term? {sep_token} What does the substitution of equipment for labor raise for workers? {sep_token} What type of wages does mechanization and automation lead to? {sep_token}