why don't we distinguish between types of competition? when ncds'ers talk about how capitalist firms are engaging in cutthroat competition, they want us to have the idea that firms are competing *for consumers*, especially by lowering prices. but it turns out, not surprisingly, that capitalists find price competition really annoying, and so they move to eliminate it, often successfully, through buying up competitors, vertical integration, dominating market niches, etc. a very different kind of competition is capital competition. and this i do think capitalists face, especially in the us these days, with few capital controls, and high capital minimum wages. (Fed interest rates.) ___________________________________ Robert Naiman 1821 W. Cullerton Chicago Il 60608-2716 (h) 312-421-1776 Urban Planning and Policy (M/C 348) 1007 W. Harrison Room 1180 Chicago, Il 60607-7137 (o) 312-996-2126 (voice mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://icarus.uic.edu/~rnaima1/
