# material productive force >[!Ref] Lexicon ># material productive force > A Marxian concept, or perhaps catchword, that Marx never adequately defined. Marx regarded the stage or conditions of production not only as a fact entirely independent from human thought but also as the determinant of human thought and social conduct. See "Le moulin. . . " (above). > [[Anti-Capitalistic Mentality (AC.)]] 36-37; [[Human Action - Mises (HA)]] 79-80,141-42; [[Socialism - Mises (S)]] 302-03, 352-54; [[Theory and History (TH)]] 106-12; [[Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science (UF)]] 30-33. --- # References [[Marxism]]