Kalecki on full employment

John K. Taber jktaber at onramp.net
Sun Oct 11 07:03:18 PDT 1998


Doug Henwood wrote: [snip]
> I'd say a ruling class is formed in part through money, but in part
> through education, social ties, cultural pursuits, media, elite
> foundations, etc. Inheritance still counts too. All these institutions and
> rituals are what make the ruling class so much stronger than the working
> class, which is much larger and almost infinitely diverse.

So, what's the difference between a ruling class and a nomenklatura? They sound the same to me.

-- I've been able to string more words into fewer ideas than anybody I know, and I'm continuing to do that.

- Alan Greenspan to the Senate Budget Committee, Sept 23, 1998



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