productivity miracle or workhouse?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Feb 14 21:41:22 PST 2000


michael at ecst.csuchico.edu wrote:


>I would never challenge you on any question of data. It does include
>Boeing.

Ok, then - Boeing makes very complicated equipment that requires gigantic capital expenditures. None of it is costlessly reproducible like videos or software. Ditto the products of Merck and Apple. How different is that from spinning equipment of the 19th century or chemical manufacture of the early 20th?

So what *are* we talking about?

Doug



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