Understanding the “Service Economy”—A Marxist Critical Approach

This article attempts to clarify certain misunderstandings about productive/unproductive labour (PUPL) concerning the “service economy.” The concept of service labour is embedded in the discussion of PUPL. After examining Smith’s and Marx’s definitions of “service” and “service labour,” we demonstra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chenxi Gao, Masao Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pluto Journals 2023-03-01
Series:World Review of Political Economy
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.14.1.0034