Labor Property Rights and the Chinese Model—The Development of Contemporary Marxism in the Face of Challenges

Author: Cao Tianyu, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-07-13
Features: Labor property rights are very important for maintaining social justice. How to clarify the meaning of this concept at various levels from a theoretical perspective, especially its relationship with the challenges faced by contemporary Marxism and potential developments, its connection with the nature and future direction of China's economic reforms, and its relationship with the characteristics of China's model of economic and social development, are the topics discussed in this book. The theory of labor property rights actually negates the doctrine of determinism of ownership. Ownership is not unimportant, but the essence of the economic system lies not in ownership, but in the relationship between people in the production process, namely who employs whom. This is the fundamental issue. Its ultimate basis is "the right of laborers based on the labor theory of value to non-transferable rights over the fruits of labor." The importance of this book lies in the fact that we have developed a market economy while not abandoning socialist principles, which is a very crucial point in discussing contemporary Chinese issues.