On Feb 12, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> --- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Minor point: it's not about the production of a
>> physical object -
>> services can be "productive" in this view. The
>> transportation of
>> vehicular components can be productive. The
>> transportation of people
>> to visit grandma isn't.
>>
>
> [WS:] But what the operational criteria to
> distinuguish between productive and unproductive
> services? Is transporting people TO work productive?
> How about transporting them FROM work?
Don't ask me. I think the whole distinction is a waste of time.
As I recall, Shaikh & Tonak develop the distinction in their book on translating the national income accounts into Marxese.
Doug