Age
Children and elderly persons are both largely, but not entirely, excluded from productive labor. This was not the case as recently as
Tag: economic relations
Bourgeoisie
One of the three primary classes of industrial capitalism. The bourgeoisie are identified by the following primary relations of production: Members of
Capital
(generally) Anything which is used to procure or extract surplus value. Capital is not a static definition, but rather constitutes an economic
Disability
In its social sense, “ability” describes a person’s capacity for labor, relative to the social average. This social average makes up the
Money
Both a social relation and the universal commodity which is exchangeable for all other commodities. As a social relation, money is the
Nation
Nation is a political-economic category. A nation is a historically constituted, stable community that is formed on the basis of: a
Petit-bourgeoisie
The class which is defined by ownership of the means of production that must work to maintain itself.
Private property
The economic relation whereby productive tools, land, and so forth (the “means of production”) are exclusively owned and controlled by individuals. The
Productive forces
The forces of production are the instruments of production, the people who operate those instruments and carry on the production of material
Relations of production
(see also, means of production) Classes are made of complexes or networks of productive and property relations. The raw material of