Reich Article (fwd)

1998-02-11 Thread Arthur Cordell
This is a longish piece forwarded to me by an FWer. I am passing it along to the list. arthur cordell === The Nation February 16, 1998 Broken Faith Why We Need to Renew the Social Compact By Robert B. Reich Presidents come and go in America these days, but inequality

FW: The Digital Environment

1998-02-11 Thread Bob McDaniel
Hi I am greatly enjoying the wealth of info on this listserv on history, economics, sociology, etc., pertaining to work. When I find something particularly interesting I copy and paste it into my FutureWork document. It now stands at 1601 pages! A search on "digital" brought up material

Re: Satanic mills

1998-02-11 Thread Durant
Mass production and globalisation is necessary if we want to sustain sustainably the earth's population. That is why we cannot go back to some quaint early form of capitalism. Eva [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: More satanic mills

1998-02-11 Thread Ed Weick
Mike Hollinshead: Capitalist ambition seems to be a transmuted form of ascent, where spiritual ascent is replaced by symbolic ascent or ascent in other forms e.g. progress. Capitalism seems to flourish during periods when there is an emphasis within the culture on people as individuals, deriving