[lbo-talk] US immiseration

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 7 08:44:27 PST 2007


On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:20 AM, James Heartfield wrote:


> Doug, 2007:
>
> "More women working ...also means that the number of paid work
> hours in the
> society has risen dramatically, with little assistance for child or
> elder
> care (two things that are on my male mind right now, too).
> Household incomes
> are flat, average hourly earnings are down, yet productivity is
> massively
> up. There's something seriously wrong with that."
>
> Doug, 1997
>
> 'It's unfortunate that such material progress for women ... has
> come amidst
> a general stagnation of incomes, and a sharp and steady erosion of
> white
> men's paychecks ... But anyone who uses these figures to promote a
> Limbaughesque agenda of white guy ressentiment will find himself
> under an
> LBO fatwa.'

Are these supposed to be inconsistent or contradictory? I don't see it; perhaps you could explain.

Doug



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