By elevating the dictum of the market to the role of the sole criterion of rationality and efficiency, economics denies even all "respectability" to … - Paul A. Baran

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By elevating the dictum of the market to the role of the sole criterion of rationality and efficiency, economics denies even all "respectability" to the distinction between essential and non-essential consumption, between productive and unproductive labor, between actual and potential surplus.

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About Paul A. Baran

Paul Alexander Baran (25 August 1909, Mykolaiv, , today Ukraine – 26 March 1964, Palo Alto, USA) was an American economist known for his Marxist views. In 1951 Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University and Baran was the only tenured in the United States until his death in 1964.

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