On May 29, 2007, at 2:25 PM, John Adams wrote:
> On May 29, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> A friend writes: "the most read article on Bloomberg today concerns
>> Brazilian breast implants and butt lifts."
>
> Is that classified as surplus value or commodity fetishism?
Excellent question. I would assume that cosmetic surgery is a form of unproductive labor, except maybe for models and actors.