[lbo-talk] Inequality on the Diamond

[Carrol Cox]

Athletes produce surplus value, and their labor is alienated. They _are_
working class. Class is a structural feature of capitalism, not an identity
or a life style, etc.

Carrol

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The Wall Street Journal says that Jeter shows that CEO's are underpaid.

Jenkins, Holman. "Jeternomics and the CEO."  (1 December).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646591275493492.ht
ml?mod=ITP_opinion_0

I submitted my post to suggest how the norms of inequality are
changing; not to criticize Jeter or other athletes.  The point is that
one obvious result of such wage spreads is a repression of wages of
working class people.

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
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