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It will be useful to begin with Marx’s basic description or definition of the capitalist mode of production. The capitalist mode of production is peculiar to a limited period of history. It is distinguished from earlier modes of production1 by the category of free labour. Labour is free under capitalism in two ways.
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© 1977 Andrew L. Friedman
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Friedman, A.L. (1977). Marx’s Framework. In: Industry and Labour. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15845-4_2
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