On Feb 28, 2009, at 3:49 AM, Lew wrote:
> In Marxist thought the defining feature of capitalism is the
> generalized exchange of the commodity *labour power* (working
> ability) for a wage or salary. At no point in the Soviet Union's
> history was that less than the dominant form of economic activity.
How often did workers get fired, or face chronic unemployment and ruin?
Doug