[lbo-talk] productivity and profits

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jan 2 13:17:03 PST 2004


Gregory Geboski wrote:


>NIPA stats aside, I read the basic SF Chron contention--essentially,
>intensive exploitation and suppression of real job growth now will
>lead to job growth in some happy future--as ridiculous on its face.
>Why should the bosses change?

The long sweep of capitalist history is to bring more & more people into paid work - never as many as would like paid work, and often under appalling conditions, but why is there any reason to assume that this long-term trend won't resume?

Doug



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