Re: Industrial Reserve Army
G'day linkers, Don't forget those exceptionally talented people who are socially productive "unemployed" but would be much less socially productive if they were employed. And I'm not kidding. I tried that argument about 30 years ago but didn't have much success with it. Hope it works better for you. Housebound mums? Cheers, Rob. Rob Schaap, Lecturer in Communication, University of Canberra, Australia. Phone: 02-6201 2194 (BH) Fax:02-6201 5119 'It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.'(John Stuart Mill) "The separation of public works from the state, and their migration into the domain of the works undertaken by capital itself, indicates the degree to which the real community has constituted itself in the form of capital."(Karl Marx)
Re: Industrial Reserve Army
Don't forget those exceptionally talented people who are socially productive "unemployed" but would be much less socially productive if they were employed. And I'm not kidding. I tried that argument about 30 years ago but didn't have much success with it. Hope it works better for you. MBS == Max B. Sawicky Economic Policy Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 1200 202-775-8810 (voice) 1660 L Street, NW 202-775-0819 (fax) Washington, DC 20036 Opinions here do not necessarily represent the views of anyone associated with the Economic Policy Institute. ===
Re: Industrial Reserve Army
Max Sawicky wrote, I tried that argument about 30 years ago but didn't have much success with it. Hope it works better for you. But Max, did you go back up the mountain a second time? Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ Know Ware Communications Vancouver, B.C., CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 688-8296 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/
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Jim Craven wrote, And I suggest that since we have so many examples of employed idiots who would be more socially productive unemployed as well as very talented people who are unemployed and would be more socially productive employed . . . Don't forget those exceptionally talented people who are socially productive "unemployed" but would be much less socially productive if they were employed. And I'm not kidding. Regards, Tom Walker ^^^ Know Ware Communications Vancouver, B.C., CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] (604) 688-8296 ^^^ The TimeWork Web: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/
