Productive and non-productive activities in Brazil: a classic-Marxian analysis

Abstract

This paper aims to the construction of alternative measures for Brazilian national accounting under the Classical-Marxian tradition. From the methodology proposed by Shaikh and Tonak (1994), key categories in the Marxian tradition were estimated - such as variable capital, the mass of surplus-value and the rates of exploitation and profit - using input-output matrices for the years 2010 and 2015. The main goal is to evaluate the recent path of expansion and decline of the Brazilian economy in the light of political economy, highlighting the growth of nonproductive activities and occupations.