[lbo-talk] Unproductive labor

[Eubulides]

On Feb 13, 2008 11:08 AM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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> andie nachgeborenen wrote:
> >
> > One political reason I don't like the p/u labor
> > distinction is that emotionally it seems to line up in
> > people's minds with p=good, necessary, justified,
> > would exist under socialism, u= bad, wasteful,
>
> So using it politically (regardless of its theoretical validity or
> invalidity) is as silly as using quantum mechanics to determine the
> proper oven temperature for a lamb roast.
>
> Carrol

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Uh, no. The political/theory divide re validity is *much* more
problematic than is the case you analogize to habitually.

There's a reason they call it political economy after all................

Ian