The principal economic refutation for the populace at large was to say that Marx forecast absolute immiseration of workers but in fact their standard of living improved enormously.
Whether or not Marx forecast absolute immiseration is not the main Marxist rebuttal (textualists to the contrary). The median weekly earnings of U.S. workers peaked in 1973. Along with that, benefits like defined benefit pensions, two- or three-weeks of paid vacation, and secure affordable health care keep shrinking. And there will no return ( http://www.hollowcolossus.com ) of relative mass prosperity under capitalism. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39257): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39257 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116301050/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
