On Feb 22, 2009, at 9:28 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Feb 22, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
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>> Productivity can be misleading. If low productivity producers drop
>> out,
>> that increases productivity without any improvement in existing
>> operations.
>> Also, productivity can increase by outsourcing some work -- say
>> janitors in
>> a factory. These outsourced workers can be pushed harder than
>> unionized
>> workers.
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> So? Sucks for the workers, but that's capitalism, isn't it? Wal-Mart
> revolutionized retail by driving Mom and Pop, and then K-Mart, to
> the wall. But that's the point, no?
But that's all in the non-productive sector, nop?
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos