Claim34a3e021f26289f0952881008894306ffdf14cc1c0b4cb12b330e226d88a6a76·Paper reconstruction — Dustin Avent-Holt & Alysha Bailey (2024), What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960

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A third frame treated intended utility creation as unproductive when it failed: labour was unproductive when wasted, misdirected, or inefficient, including activities such as competitive advertising that did not ultimately create utility.

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What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Post-marginal-revolution contestation: utility expands the producer boundary, but competing frames persist
only misdirected or inefficient labor is unproductive
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-5-p5
What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Post-marginal-revolution contestation: utility expands the producer boundary, but competing frames persist
only misdirected or inefficient labor is unproductive
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-5-p5
What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Post-marginal-revolution contestation: utility expands the producer boundary, but competing frames persist
only misdirected or inefficient labor is unproductive
https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-5-p5

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