Re: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 09:51:59 -0800

I agree.
 
REH
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Weick
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/

I don't think we've solved the production problem.  One reason for our inequitable distribution of income is that we use our scarce resources to produce a lot of crap.  A lot of people make a lot of money producing crap.  Others keep them rich and themselves poor by buying it.
 
Ed
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:00 AM
Subject: RE: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/

> Arthur,
>
> Wouldn't you know it?
>
> You almost repeated - word for word - what Henry George said in
> 1878.
>
> Great minds think alike!
>
> It's the reason why Classical Political Economy is described as
> "The Science that deals with the Nature, the Production, and the
> Distribution of Wealth.
>
> That "Distribution" bit is the essence of Political Economy.
> Would that modern economists would start thinking about why the
> distribution is so unfair, instead of devising ways to patch the
> system by taking from the rich and giving to the poor.
>
> Harry
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> We have "solved" the production problem but can't seem to deal
> with the issue of distribution.
>
> Arthur
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:15 PM
> To: 'Brad McCormick, Ed.D.'; 'Ed Weick'
> Cc: 'futurework'
> Subject: RE: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/
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>
> Brad,
>
> We are discussing these problems in a society where the power to
> produce has reached unbelievable proportions (After many have
> been thrown out of work, the industries they left behind are
> actually producing more. Productivity hasn't fallen even though
> there are far fewer workers employed.)
>
> Why these "problems"?
>
> Harry
>
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