Marx starts his article off with this idea of systematically underpaid workers. He questions the concept of wealth coming from goods being sold for more than they cost to make. Marx blatantly states “But if that is the case, don’t they [goods] have to be worth more than they cost to make?” (599). This concept seems elementary, in that how else would the company owner make a profit or what would be his incentive to make the goods in the first place? Products are formed