James Steuart, with his 1767 work, is considered by some scholars as the greatest classical theorist of primitive accumulation.

These idyllic proceedings are the chief moments of primitive accumulation.

In his theory, primitive accumulation is part of the uneven and combined development of capitalism on a world scale.

In the circumstances, therefore, it was misleading and confusing to emphasise primitive socialist accumulation as a law.

But these are all moments of 'primitive accumulation'.

What then could - very conditionally - be called the 'period of primitive socialist accumulation'?

But, nevertheless, the term 'primitive socialist accumulation' is a 'childish game '.

Production for use was the historically dominant modality until the initial primitive accumulation of capital.

Economic development then became a question of how private property rights could be established everywhere, so that markets could expand (see also primitive accumulation).

This is often a problem-fraught and conflict-ridden process, as Marx describes in his story about primitive accumulation.