What you referred to is the way it is usually portrayed. Maybe she said that too. One of the best days of my life was spending an afternoon with her.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 04:04:51PM -0800, Jim Devine wrote: > Michael Perelman wrote: > > Robinson, Joan. 1962. Economic Philosophy (Chicago: Aldine). > > 45: "As we see nowadays in South-East Asia or the Caribbean, the > > misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the > > misery of not being exploited at all." > > looking at the quote in context, my interpretation of JR's statement > is wrong. It seems like part of praise for capitalist accumulation. > > I had written that: "I understood it as saying that _under unfettered > capitalism_ it's better to be in the active army of labor (employed) > than being part of the reserve army (unemployed). Following Marx, the > two have a symbiotic relationship: the existence of the > non-exploitation in the reserve army (garbage-pickers, etc.) keeps > wages down and allows the exploitation of the active army." JR's > statement fits as part of Marx's vision, but not when it's put in her > context. > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
