On 25 October 2010 14:21, GERALD LEVY <gerald_a_levy@msn.com> wrote:
>
> The distinction between productive and unproductive labor concerns what
> type of
> labor _produces_ surplus-value. What is done with surplus-value is another
> question:
> it can be productively or unproductively _consumed_. If capitalists consume
> their
> profit by using it to purchase more c + v, it is productively consumed. If
> they use
> it for other purposes, it has not been.
>
>
I think this reasoning remains trapped in the illusions of monetary
relations. It occurs precisely because the standpoint is a section of
individual agents and not relations of social reproduction. As Paul showed,
"what is done with surplus-value" is *not* another question. The production
of surplus-value and the unproductive surplus-value in Dept. III are linked
by the relations of social reproduction. The size of c3 + v3 is not set by
the consumption of its capitalists but the unproductive consumption u*(s1 +
s2) by the capitalists in the other departments.
//Dave Z
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