No Megalomania in Capitalism (was Re: seth & defusing korea tensions)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue May 30 04:35:08 PDT 2000


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>Besides, love of Bigness for the sake of Bigness does not run in the
>capitalist families. The art of capitalism dictates that you must
>know when you need to Downsize: firing workers, discontinuing
>product lines, closing factories, bankrupting companies & countries.

Except that you downsize to maximize profits and elevate the stock price. Smallness in the service of greater bigness.

Doug



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