ABSTRACT
IntheGrundrisse,volumeIIofCapital,partIoftheTheoriesofSurplusValue, andelsewhere,Marxattemptedtodistillthevalidessencefromthewritingsof theclassicaleconomistsonthedistinctionbetweenproductiveandunproductive labor.Ineverypost-MarxgenerationofMarxistwriters,thediscussionhascontinued.1
