在我国经济书刊中,就生产关系的本质,进行过一段长时间的讨论,起因是,不少人离开普遍接受的经典定义来理解“生产关系”范畴,首先是将其含义扩大了。有些作者认为,生产关系不仅是人们在社会生产中结成的相互关系,而且也是生产力诸要素之间的关系,甚至包括机器的配置。我认为,这种解释是没有根据的。经典作家给生产关系下的定义是,受生产力发展水平制约的、人们在生产中的关系。我们没有 The long discussion in the economic books and periodicals about the nature of the relations of production stems from the fact that many people leave the universally accepted classical definition to understand the category of “relations of production”, first of all to expand its meaning. Some authors argue that the relations of production are not only the interrelationships that people form in social production but also the relations among the various elements of the productive forces and even the disposition of machines. I think this interpretation is unfounded. The definition of classic writer to the production relationship is defined by the level of development of productive forces, people in production relations. we do not have