Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1991

Abstract

In a series of recent writings, John Roemer (1982a, 1982b, 1985, 1988) has made a provocative claim: exploitation and class are merely second-order concepts within Marxian theory, because both phenomena derive directly from differential ownership of productive assets (DOPA); indeed, exploitation remains a consistent index of economic injustice only if a “property relations” conception of exploitation replaces the common “labor-value” view. In sum, property relations, not the labor exchange, the labor proces, labor values, or even capitalist accumlation should be the central concern of Marxian theory.

Original Publication Citation

Devine, James, and Dymski, G. "Roemer's "General" Theory of Exploitation Is a Special Case: The Limits of Walrasian Marxism." Economics and Philosophy 7 (1991): 235-275.

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