Richard Biernacki has written a fascinating stuff about the difference between the German and British conception of labor. Publishers used to pay British workers according to the value of their product; German publishers, according to a number of lines. I don't know if Scherer touches on this subject.
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 09:42:46AM -0600, Eubulides wrote: > > Those are good questions. Lisa, my beloved-musician, is reading F.M. > Scherer's book on the economics of orchestras and operas and while he spends > a few pages on the learning and pedagogical strategies of the great > composers, there is no entry for 'time' in the index from which I could cull > and paste the relevant quotes in a flash. There's also some interesting > stuff on social/individual learning time[s] in Geoff Hodgson's 'Economics > and Utopia' that are worth checking out. I think these issues overlap with > what Jonathan has been asserting regarding the measurement problems of > 'abstract labor time'. > > > Ian -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
