A Progress Report on Marxian Economic Theory: On the Controversies in Exploitation Theory since Okishio (1963)

Authors

Naoki Yoshihara, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, AmherstFollow

Working Paper Number

2016-06

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

This report explores the development of exploitation theory in mathematical Marxian economics by reviewing the main controversies surrounding the proper definition of exploitation since the contribution of Okishio(1963). The report first examines the debates on the Fundamental Marxian Theorem and Class-Exploitation Correspondence Principle, developed mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, followed by the property relation theory of exploitation by Roemer (1982). Then, the more recent exploitation theory proposed by Vrousalis (2013) and Wright (2000) is introduced. Finally, the report introduces and comments on recent axiomatic studies of exploitation by focusing on the work of Veneziani and Yoshihara (2015a).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/8448730

Recommended Citation

Yoshihara, Naoki, "A Progress Report on Marxian Economic Theory: On the Controversies in Exploitation Theory since Okishio (1963)" (2016). Economics Department Working Paper Series. 205.
https://doi.org/10.7275/8448730