According to some versions of SSA theory, the period beginning with the New Deal (especially finalized after WW II) involved a ::"Capital-Labor Accord" whereupon the biggest capitalists acquiesced in union representation and rising real wages IN RETURN For unions recognizing "management prerogatives" which basically meant Management controlled the pace and intensity of work and "paid for it" with higher wages --- THen there was a "capital-citizen accord" which created the welfare-warfare state (with the expansion of social security and the culmination of the expansion of the social safety net with Medicare and Medicaid ----
THis "worked" --- income inequality lessened --- a very significant percentage of the population moved out of poverty. NOW --- could something similar happen with "GREEN" technology --- I think it could but of course the current beneficiaries of the fossil-fuel based economy have a lot of power to thwart those changes --- On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:16 AM Mark Baugher via groups.io <mark= [email protected]> wrote: > > > > On May 14, 2024, at 3:13 PM, Michael Meeropol via groups.io <mameerop= > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Could a new version of the post WW II SSA (which even Baran and Sweezy > admit [temporarily] banished the stagnation wolf from the door) arise that > would do al the great things that Siglitz wants --- > > I don't know how SSA compares with Mandel's Long Waves, or if either > improve on Kondratiev. But I think the answer to your question is "no" to > the extent that the post WW II boom depended on WW II destruction of the > infrastructure of much of Europe, Eurasia, and Asia along with the > repression or destruction of working class organizations. > > And what would a new version of WWII and the post WW II economic boom do > to the planet's ecosystems? > > Mark > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30340): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30340 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106071997/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
