Lyotard leaves the mode-of-production question unresolved

Evidence

In reality, two distinct and overlapping questions are raised simultaneously by these two interrelated theoretical problems, which to his credit Lyotard does not seek here in peremptory fashion to resolve. The problem is finally that of the nature of a mode of production, and in particular the nature of the capitalist mode of production and the structural variations of which it is capable. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 47