social reproduction, n.All

Social reproduction (n.) runs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠three circulations at once, independent yet intertwined — and that complexity is itself the source of its many occasions to go wrong.

Social reproduction (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a replacement of materials as well as values: for one capital it never mattered whether it made machines, corn or mirrors, but for the whole society it matters absolutely.