Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:03:30 -0500 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> Subject: Re: M-TH: Re: Info Revolution R.Pearson wrote: >On a side point, Lash and Urry in _Economies of Signs and Space_argue that >when a commodity such as a CD is sold, the *real* sale is for the bit of tin, >rather than the software/music etc. This would appear to imply that all the >labour expended in creating said item is purely unproductive and that only >the labour expended in physically making the CD generates value. Thus, that >intellectual labour does not create value. >Any thoughts on this, and can anyone shed a bit more light on the >productive/unproductive labour dichotomy? In their book Measuring the Wealth of Nations, Anwar Shaikh and Ahmet Tonak include entertainment among the productive services (the unproductive ones include wholesale & retail trade and finance). I think the logic is that these aid in the reproduction of the working class; education and health are considered productive as well. Their book includes a good review of what everyone else has said on the subject. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <mailto:dhenwood-AT-panix.com> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html> --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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