domestic production

domestic production

economic production located in the immediate producer's own home. This production may be for the producer's own use, for direct sale, or financed by and under the control of a capitalist. Domestic production in this last sense was one of the standard forms of capitalist production in the early stages of capitalism, before the introduction of the FACTORY SYSTEM. Although it has since become a marginal element of modern capitalist production, there are some suggestions that, partly as a consequence of the introduction of new forms of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY which permit office work to be done from home, domestic production may again come to play a significant role in production.