Doug Henwood wrote:
>> No. Just different, with different material interests. Just to pick
>> one: a rentier is more concerned with keeping inflation down, while
>> an industrial capitalist would prefer (if given a choice) a higher
>> rate of growth. A rentier would prefer a high currency value, and a
>> capitalist a lower one. But since these are intra-family quarrels,
>> the differences are rarely profound.
>
Which argues that we've been in a rentier era for the last 25 years? I
mean, it just seems that differences are not profound in terms of who
rules, but the rentier model would be harsher on the working class.
??
Joanna
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