Growth, Accumulation, and Unproductive Activity : An Analysis of the Postwar US Economy (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Unproductive activity in a capitalist society; 3. A Marxian accounting framework; 4. A growth model of accumulation and unproductive labor; 5. Rise of unproductive activity in postwar economy; 6. Absorption of labor and capital and rate of surplus value; 7. Absorption of new resources and growth in real income; 8. Conclusions and speculations; Appendix: data sources and methods; References; Index.