[lbo-talk] post analytical Marxist era/ post liberal era

[John Thornton]

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> On 9/26/07, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Well, I am a socialist as well as a liberal, so I
>> agree that the best _social order_ involves a right to
>> a job or income. You can call that a political right
>> if you want, there are arguments to be made for doing
>> so, although I don't call it political but social and
>> economic myself; but whatever terms you use we agree
>> that a right to a job or income is a real right. Btw,
>> Milton Friedman thought it was, if not a right, then

Yes but Milton also believed in the nonsensical concept of a natural 
rate of unemployment. That undermines the right to a job more than just 
a little.
Keeping the unemployment rate high enough to drive down wages sounds 
crass so better we should disguise that idea with an scientifically 
objective sounding name. Who can object to the 'natural' rate of 
something except cranks, right?

John Thornton