means of production
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means of production
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In English by 1733 in Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Vol III, p. 52, noted: "Observe, what has been fully explained in the Novum Organum; that to discover the Causes of Things, is finding the Means to produce them, whence Causes, and the Means of Production are convertible terms."
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The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
It is true, however, that the nationalization of all means of production and the complete subjection of economic life to state planning (however effective or ineffective that planning may be) practically amounts to a totalitarian society.
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noun combination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
| Español | medios de producción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 생산수단 saengsansudan |
| 日本語 | 生産手段 seisanshudan |
| 中文 | 生產資料 /生产资料 shēngchǎn zīliào, 生產工具 /生产工具 shēngchǎn gōngjù |
| Português | meios de produção |
| Français | moyens de production |
| Deutsch | Produktionsmittel |
| Italiano | mezzi di produzione |
| Ελληνικά | μέσα παραγωγής mésa paragogís |
| Română | mijloace de producție |
| Русский | сре́дство произво́дства srédstvo proizvódstva |
| Tiếng Việt | tư liệu sản xuất |
| العربية | وَسَائِل الْإِنْتَاج wasāʔil al-ʔintāj |
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