Planning, Market & Unemployment

[Stephen E Philion]

Michael, If that destruction contributes to increased profits, or the
capacity to increase profits, is it waste, from the perspective of the
reproduction of capitalist accumulation at least...

steve

On Sat, 28 Aug 1999, Michael Perelman wrote:


> Jim Heartfield noted that Titkin estimates that more than half of the Soviet
> output was waste.  I suspect that much more of the U.S. output is waste.
> Remember Doug's recent estimate that 5 million people are involved in
> telemarketing.  Include advertising, lobbying .....
> 
> What about the destruction of "surplus" agricultural products?
> 
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> Michael Perelman
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> California State University
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