Arthur,
Why not serious public sector jobs in areas that create a better cultural environment, beautify the world and raise the level of sophistication of the citizen. Conquer productivity lag and free ridership by paying people for work that is good for the nation and not just the drone work that came out of the Industrial era. Since I wrote the piece about the capitalization of Europe yesterday I've spoken with several scholars who basically said, "so what's the big deal." You're right. It is a problem of lack of creative thought in the economic sphere and a huge problem with value. There is also all of that karma and guilt still rolling around the European unconscious mucking up the psychology both individually and in groups. We've used up all of the cheap easy ideas around the market and money just as we've used up all of the dirty cheap energy sources. Now we have to grow up. What do you think? still anonymous From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arthur Cordell Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 4:27 PM To: [email protected]; 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: Re: [Futurework] NYTimes.com: Degrees and Dollars Tough times. Early union development was the workers vs. capital. More for workers and less for capital. Now we see public sector unions which means public sector workers bargaining for more money, tax dollars paid by citizens. It is not workers vs. capital but workers vs. other workers and citizens broadly. Somewhere I read that Roosevelt was uneasy about the whole concept of public sector unions and probably with good reason. As far as the rest of the article it is time to examine how the productivity of the economy is distributed. Period. And probably a call for a guaranteed annual income and a call for a bit tax. But the saying probably applies to our society as well: Some people can't read the writing on the wall until their backs are up against it. We need to re examine work, income, status, class, social cohesion, etc. Leontieff the founder of input output analysis said: If horses belonged to trade unions we would never have had industrialization. Todays workers need income, dignity and a sense of place. In the past this came in the form of a job. We will need to provide income, dignity and a sense of place in new ways in the new automated society. arthur From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 7:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Futurework] NYTimes.com: Degrees and Dollars <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://www.nytimes.com/> The New York Times E-mail This <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/apps/emailthis/head_2.gif> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> This page was sent to you by: [email protected] OPINION | March 07, 2011 Op-Ed Columnist: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/opinion/07krugman.html?emc=eta1> Degrees and Dollars By PAUL KRUGMAN The hollow promise of good jobs for highly educated workers. <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> Copyright 2011 <http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/copyright.html> The New York Times Company <http://www.nytco.com/> | Privacy Policy <http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/privacy.html> <http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif> <http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_remote.html?type=noscript&page=emailthis .nytimes.com/openrate&posall=Bottom1&pos=Bottom1&query=qstring&keywords=>
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