In a message dated 5/17/98 9:20:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
larchap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< This sounds like "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Can you really
analyze the workings of an economic system based on the clever designs
of a few manipulative people with a special knack for "reification." Are
the ill effects of an economy always or even usually reducible to the
intentions of a few people in charge? Isn't this a substitution of
Manichean theology for economics and sociology? >>
You seem to be denying that exploitation and avarice are the hallmarks of the
economic system that only a few seem to be able to get away with.
Legitimation may serve exploitation as in the arms race, interest rates,
pollution, property costs, advertising,
etc. Although the notion of a 'few' is probably not far from the actuality,
this 'few' could refer to millions of people that are affected by exploitation
either as the exploited or the exploiters. And don't forget, that quite a bit
of effort is applied to the market to ensure that exploitation does not occur,
so much effort that honest economic activity is often derailed.
Before we get into marketing and strategies that worked or didn't work, we
should examine the wages from an international perspective.
Vunch
larchap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< This sounds like "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion." Can you really
analyze the workings of an economic system based on the clever designs
of a few manipulative people with a special knack for "reification." Are
the ill effects of an economy always or even usually reducible to the
intentions of a few people in charge? Isn't this a substitution of
Manichean theology for economics and sociology? >>
You seem to be denying that exploitation and avarice are the hallmarks of the
economic system that only a few seem to be able to get away with.
Legitimation may serve exploitation as in the arms race, interest rates,
pollution, property costs, advertising,
etc. Although the notion of a 'few' is probably not far from the actuality,
this 'few' could refer to millions of people that are affected by exploitation
either as the exploited or the exploiters. And don't forget, that quite a bit
of effort is applied to the market to ensure that exploitation does not occur,
so much effort that honest economic activity is often derailed.
Before we get into marketing and strategies that worked or didn't work, we
should examine the wages from an international perspective.
Vunch