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sounds very much like "Monopoly Capital" by Sweezy and Baran On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Sometime in the 1980s I either read or read about a book that examined the > wastefulness of capitalism, not about the environment but for example the > existence of industries for which there is really no need, like > advertising, public relations, corporate law, etc. Plus, the duplication of > so many financial services that could be dispensed from a single source; > the existence of competing products that are identical except for the > packaging (aspirin, detergent, etc.) > > The book I am looking for is very specifically related to this so ones > that it sounds close to are not really relevant to my needs (like "The > Affluent Society", for example.) > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
