[lbo-talk] Blog Psot: Why is our work so meaningless?

[michael perelman]

Smith advocated the division of labor except in the passage that Shag
mentions.  When you look closer, you will see that his concern there
was creating a population of men to men ready to serve in the militia.

 Smith is complex, devious, and full of contradictions.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:32 PM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
> Does Adam Smith's era count? Smith did worry about the mindless work that
> came with the division of labor - which is why he said we should invest in
> public works to alleviate the tedium. Workers paid the price for the Wealth
> of Nations, so the state had an obligation in that regard.
>

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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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