[Note--I believe I sent this to John Hull instead of to the list. I
apologize. If it's already been posted, my apologies for the duplication as
well]
I think they're operating on the same variant of the labor theory of value
that inspired the labor note systems of the Owenites and Josiah Warren.
On 2004-01-19, Kevin Carson uttered:
By competition. And how does that arrive at this solution? Simply by
depreciating below their labor value the commodities which are by reason
of their quality or quantity useless or unnecessary, ...and in making
the producers feel, ...that they have
This seems the most fool proof way to me.
-Original Message-
From: ArmChair List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric
Crampton
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How do I convince New Agers that not everybody should get the
same wage?
Why
Fred Foldarvy wrote:
'The sentiment seems to revolve around social
justice:
No person is worth any other, etc.'
So long as this stays within the club, what is the
harm?
Well, they're doing this to try to make the world a
better place. If they choose to design the currency
project so that the
In a message dated 1/13/04 4:08:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What would you suggest? How can I demonstrate, in a
relatively short period of time, that imposing equal
wages isn't the best way to organize the world?
I used to do this all the time with my students in history classes at Iowa.
One line of reasoning is that people are simply different and these
differences are important economically. Some people are simply better at
doing certain things than others. For instance, Michael Jordan is a much
better ball player than I am, and the public is willing to pay him a lot
more than
