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-'''Productive forces''', '''productive powers''', or '''forces of production''' (German: ''Produktivkräfte'') is a central idea in [[Marxism]] and [[historical materialism]].
+'''Productive forces''', '''productive powers''', or '''forces of production''' (German: ''Produktivkräfte'') is a central idea in [[Marxism]] and [[historical materialism]] which refers to the means of labor. (tools, machinery, infrastructure, etc.)
-In [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]]' own critique of political economy, it refers to the combination of the means of labor(tools, machinery, land, infrastructure, and so on) with human labour power.
-Together with the social and technical relations of production, the productive forces constitute a historically specific mode of production.
-The productive forces are the unity of means of production and labour:
-# All labour (individual, union)
-# Instruments of production (buildings, machines)
-# Subjects of production (raw materials, labor)
 == Modern uses ==