GDP is unscientific and unfair for poor people.

Tom Lehman uswa12 at Lorainccc.edu
Thu Sep 2 09:45:36 PDT 1999


Charles Brown wrote:


> Since, capitalism is not about to be unfair ,doesn't demanding that it be fair, that we not use GDP, seem liike a step in bringing along people who don't quite realize yet that capitalism is not about to be unfair and GDP is being used to hoodwink them ? Doesn't Chang's interrogation of GDP make a good step forward for those without socialist consciousness, and who would not pay attention to more "sophisticated" understandings and critiques of capitalism ? Do most people come to oppose capitalism by reading Marxist analyses or critical analyses using bourgeosie concepts ,such as interrogating "GDP" ?
>
> How well would you do in an e-mail discussion that was all in Chinese ? All of y'all ?
>
> Charles Brown
>
> >>> Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> 09/02/99 10:57AM >>>
> At 05:34 PM 9/1/99 -0400, Charles Brown asks:
> >Would you say this Chinese view is doomed to failure since capitalism is
> not about to become "fairer" ?
>
> Charles, is the pope catholic?
>
> wojtek



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