Gao, Chenxi; Watanabe, Masao - In: World review of political economy : journal of the … 14 (2023) 1, pp. 34-62
This article attempts to clarify certain misunderstandings about productive/unproductive labour (PUPL) concerning the "service economy." The concept of service labour is embedded in the discussion of PUPL. After examining Smith's and Marx's definitions of "service" and "service labour," we...