The Society for Promoting National Regeneration (Manchester, England) solved both problems in 1832. The subsequent history of political economy and economics was a struggle between validating that solution and discrediting it. The latter faction eventually won out with the triumph of mathematical economic theory whose axioms systematically exclude the solution proposed by the SPNR (and subsequently by Ira Steward in the U.S. and by Karl Marx).
It's amazing how much you can "prove" when you assume a priori the conclusion you are seeking! On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]>wrote: > The tragic irony is that communism solved the distribution problem but > couldn’t solve the production problem while the reverse holds true for > capitalism: production problem solved but can’t solve the distribution > problem.**** > > ** ** > > arthur**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *michael gurstein > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 28, 2011 8:53 PM > > *To:* 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' > *Subject:* Re: [Futurework] Keynes again from 1933**** > > ** ** > > It seems that as a civilization we have resolved the production problems > but can't figure out how to make the distribution work in any decent and > humane way.**** > > **** > > M**** > > **** > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Arthur Cordell > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:29 PM > *To:* 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION' > *Subject:* [Futurework] Keynes again from 1933**** > > The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of > which we found ourselves after the war(one) is not a success. It is not > intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And > it doesn't deliver the goods. In short we dislike it, and we are beginning > to despise it. But when we wonder what to put in its place, we are > extremely perplexed. **** > > - *National self-sufficiency* > (1933)<http://www.panarchy.org/keynes/national.1933.html>Section 3, > republished in > *Collected Writings* Vol. 11 (1982).**** > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Sandwichman
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