Across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, political economists debated the productive–unproductive labour boundary because it was central to their account of wealth accumulation.

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What counts as productive? Redefining ‘producers’ in economic discourse, 1890–1960 — Problem, position, and contribution: the production boundary as a case of statistical redefinition

this distinction was central to their understanding of the process of wealth accumulation across societies.

https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2024.2404355#unit-1-p3

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