---
entity_slug: money_price_of_labour
entity_type: Element
vsm_system: S2
type_rationale: The money price of labour is a wage rate expressed in monetary units
  that exists as a measurable economic quantity or stock value at any given time,
  rather than being a process, relationship, or abstract principle.
vsm_rationale: As a wage rate that serves as a price signal coordinating the labor
  market and preventing oscillations between supply and demand for workers, the money
  price of labour functions as a coordination mechanism within the economic system.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:16:32.739576'
---

# Classification: Money Price Of Labour

## Entity Type

Element

## VSM System

S2

## Type Rationale

The money price of labour is a wage rate expressed in monetary units that exists as a measurable economic quantity or stock value at any given time, rather than being a process, relationship, or abstract principle.

## VSM Rationale

As a wage rate that serves as a price signal coordinating the labor market and preventing oscillations between supply and demand for workers, the money price of labour functions as a coordination mechanism within the economic system.
