Bravo !! A time when the production problem has been solved. A world of "free goods."
Some say that we are there now, we do have a distribution problem, however. The irony, for me, is that the capitalists solved the production problem but don't have a theory for distribution; the communists had a theoretical solution for the distribution problem but couldn't deal with production !! arthur -----Original Message----- From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 9:13 AM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM Cc: Christoph Reuss; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Galbraith and economics Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote: > So a perfect world would be one without economists, economic theory or > economic thinking ?? > I think a "perfect world" would be one without economy, i.e., a world in which necessary labor (a marxian phrase) was reduced asymptotically toward zero and all persons spent their time in more fully human endeavors of play and creation -- a bit like the citizens of the classical Greek polis. I believe economists should be busy helping us to get to that better place, and, once we get there, they could help keep us from back-sliding. Economic thinking should eliminate economic living. \brad mccormick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2006 8:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Galbraith and economics > > > >> I think one has to get real about both the USSR and China. Marxism played a >> large role in the revolution that occurred in each. But once the >> revolutions were over and the dust had cleared, the economy of both could >> best be described as state capitalism. >> > > And state capitalism wasn't the idea of economists either, right. > > Chris > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
