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Dr. Timothy Kerswellsecond hand surplus value. Figure 3 demonstrates howdespite not being unproductive, the income of Social Serviceslabourers may be partially generated from the surplus valueextracted from the productive labourers. The example infigure three is of a consumption economy.Figure 3 – Sources of Social Services Income in aConsumption Economy where Social Services are undersocialized ownershipBy contrast, and as demonstrated in Figure 4, socialservices workers in a production economy would receivetheir income partly through the taxes paid by productivelabourers, and partly through the surplus value generatedby productive labourers as both capitalist profits and incometaxes from circulation and social reproduction workersgenerate their income.Figure 4 – Social Services Income in a Production Economywhere Social Services are under socialized ownership43