[lbo-talk] Michael Heinrich on Capitalism and the State

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 2 12:24:29 PDT 2010


On Sep 2, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Eric Beck wrote:


> I haven't read the article yet, but I wonder if this also relates back
> to the Vercellone article and to what others, mostly Europeans, have
> noted about the last 30 years: capital's decreasing *direct* command
> over labor. One of the many horrible things about the Keynesian
> solutions to the crisis loved by the Anglo-American left is that they
> would all mean an increasing direct control over labor. Regulation and
> nationalization of finance or the economy also means the regulation
> and nationalization (likely via centralization and something like
> labor union mediation) of the workforce. A decisive step backwards.

Whereas, what, anti-Keynesian neoliberalization has been a paradise for workers?



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