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Question 301: What is Marx's difference between bourgeois economists and vulgar economists?

[138] Dannymangum: Bourgeois v. Vulgar.   Growing up I had a neighbor who a few years older than myself that was intrigued with everything that moved mechanically. While he partially enjoyed fixing items such as lawnmowers and dishwashers, what really gave him satisfaction was taking objects apart while they were still functioning, just to see how the structure and movements of the appliance worked. So is the same with Bourgeois economists (classical economists). The bourgeois have peeled the proverbial onion and through much research and study have investigated the central structure of Economic systems. While Marx might not always agree with classical economists he still looks to them with much respect because of their willingness to demand why questions to preexisting thought processes, and then proceeding to challenge or go in accord with the existing thought depending on their personal findings.

Marx views vulgar economists in a completely different light. It appears that Marx views them as a somewhat lazy specimen. He views their opinions obsolete. It would be like listening to a recorder because all they do is repeat preexisting thought. Never branching out to find their own conclusions to economic questions.

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