Who Does No Work, Shall Not Eat

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Sun Jan 27 08:24:49 PST 2002


Housework was only unproductive, for Marx, because it did not produce surplus value -- that is, a very narrow interpretation of productive within the context of capitalist values -- it did not denigrate housework.

For example, the production of destructive goods would be productive.

-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu



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