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

[Harry Pollard]

Arthur,   As you might agree, one person’s crap is another person’s joy.   I really don’t like Ed’s implication that one person has the legal right to deny another person what he wants because it is thought to be crap.   A Brave New World of force and coercion.   Harry ******************************************** Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655  Tujunga  CA  91042 Tel: 818 352-4141  --  Fax: 818 353-2242 http://haledward.home.comcast.net ********************************************   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 5:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/   We are awash in goods (or as you call it crap).  Huge effort is spent on clearing the shelves of this crap and getting people to buy more so that more can be produced and sold.  This is the way income is created and distributed.  With so much effort by governments and advertising and marketing etc., to move products it seems that yes the production problem has been solved.   arthur -----Original Message----- From: Ed Weick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 8:41 AM To: Harry Pollard; Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 2:00 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] http://www.glaesernemanufaktur.de/   Ø     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     --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 12/5/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.552 / Virus Database: 344 - Release Date: 12/15/2003