[lbo-talk] Marx on competition

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Mon May 16 09:01:34 PDT 2005


Keith Nybakke

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.

^^^^^

CB: Yeah, at this general level, might Nader think that more competition will lower prices for consumers ?



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