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Marxism as the Ultimate ‘Capitalist Tool’

In: Putting Jurisprudence Back Into Economics

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  • David Ellerman

    (University of Ljubljana)

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The system of (involuntarily or voluntarily) owning workers was abolished in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was replaced by the system of voluntarily renting, hiring, or employing workers. That system of renting human beings lasted far beyond its institutional ‘shelf-life’ in the twentieth century due to the perception that ‘The Alternative’ was the Marx-inspired system of socialism or communism based on state employment. In that sense, Marxian socialism was the silent helper to the (private) human rental system, the ultimate capitalist tool. This chapter goes over the intellectual and other deficits of Marxism (e.g., the labor theory of value) and gives at least six ‘huge favors’ that Marxism did for the human rental system.

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  • David Ellerman, 2021. "Marxism as the Ultimate ‘Capitalist Tool’," Springer Books, in: Putting Jurisprudence Back Into Economics, chapter 0, pages 119-129, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-76096-0_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76096-0_6
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