I remember taking a graduate-level economic development course (with
Charles Blitzer, I believe) in which the reading, including an article by
Amartya Sen and a book by the UN on project evaluation, seemed to encourage
the use of capital-intensive technologies despite low wages and unemployed
labor. (I think it's the UN International Development Organization.)


On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Anthony D'Costa
<[email protected]>wrote:

> This dynamic is operating even in places like India, where labor is
> abundant. Hence, at low per capita incomes machines doing the work of labor
> is very much part of the equation and thus induces capital bias in
> employment. No wonder India's employment stands at over 85% in the
> unorganized sector (with indecent jobs using the ILO definition and a low
> road to accumulation too). With massive involuntary underemployment there
> is already work rationing in effect.
>
> Cheers, Anthony
>

-- 
Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way
and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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