[lbo-talk] prescription

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 4 04:19:52 PDT 2006


On Oct 4, 2006, at 12:03 AM, Michael J. Smith wrote:


> I remember wondering at the time how to understand this
> managerial obsession with couture. How would old Karl have
> accounted for it? In its own small way, it's a fine case study
> in the profound irrationality of the enterprise, at least if
> you define "rationality" in a purely economic way.

It's about discipline, class discipline - the Master class knows what to wear, and the Slaves have to be told.

Doug



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