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On the Relations Between Politics and Economics

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  • Lin Zili
  • You Lin

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The Marxist viewpoint concerning the relationship between politics and economics is a development of the historical materialist doctrine on the relations between the productive forces and production relations and between the economic base and the superstructure in the real life. According to the theory of historical materialism, economics determines politics, and politics in turn reacts on economics. The Wang, Zhang, Jiang, and Yao "gang of four" did not mention the productive forces and rarely talked about production relations. They talked exclusively about the superstructure and firmly upheld an historical idealism which claimed that the superstructure determines everything. They widely publicized this fallacy and created a great deal of confusion about the relationship between politics and economics. Clearing up this confusion is an important task in our effort penetratingly to criticize and repudiate the "gang of four."

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  • Lin Zili & You Lin, 1979. "On the Relations Between Politics and Economics," Chinese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3), pages 87-108, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:chinec:v:12:y:1979:i:3:p:87-108
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