Human, Economics, Clothing

According to Smith, Humans are distinguished from other species when negotiating exchanges, while, according to Marx, they are distinguished when producing the means to satisfy basic needs.  These premises ground their respective focuses in Economics--Smith's on the concept of a Market, Marx's on the Means of Production as the medium of Exploitation.  But each also strays from their original vision--Smith's Market becomes an arena of not Exchange, but of Profit-seeking, and Marx advocates the elimination of Human Labor.  Now, as has been previously discussed, the distinctive Human need is, instead, clothing, and the distinctive Human thumb facilitates the solution to that need.  Thus, a concept of Economics that is derived from what is distinctively Human is most clearly evidenced by the production and consumption of clothing.  Accordingly, Smith's concept of Human is derivative, exchange involving clothing presupposes its manufacture, and Marx would eliminate his by replacing workers with machines.