[lbo-talk] Marx on competition

Keith Nybakke knybakke at mac.com
Sat May 14 12:13:40 PDT 2005


At 2:39 PM -0400 5/14/05, Doug Henwood wrote:


>
>It's hard to reconcile this with the Naderish view that there's not
>enough competition in the economy. Though maybe an ascetic like him
>enjoys being ordered to "March! march!"

Let's remember that Nader is a consumer advocate. Without capital and production, there would be little to consume. Ascetic or not personally, he has to love consumption generally. And, according to the citations in this thread, competition drives increased consumption.

Keith



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list