[lbo-talk] Bizarre Comment from David Brooks

[Michael Perelman]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 10:49:28AM -0400, Max Sawicky wrote:
> Output has risen more or less continuously, but employment has fallen
> in absolute terms, roughly since 1979.
> 

How much of that output represents real production as distint from 
monopoly rents from intellectual property; e.g. medical devices?  Maybe 
someone with better command of the data can help me out with this 
question.

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