Table 1

Productive/non-productive sources and proposes of rent: comparison of different theories

Productive purposeNon-productive purpose
Productive source (Value creation in the production process)Mandel: Technological Rents of Monopoly Enterprises and Technological Advance of Late Capitalism From the Second International's theories to modern attachment theory: The plunder combined with the super-economic means and unequal exchange in international trade cause imperialist rent and hinders the growth of underdeveloped countries
Non-productive source (Value transfer)Preobrazhensky: Use of rents generated by price, tax and credit system for socialist primitive accumulation of capitalHarvey: Class-monopoly rent, as a driver, draws surplus capital into the secondary circuit to boost the development of financialisation
New institutionalism: The transaction cost as rent hinders economic growth

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