Louis Proyect wrote: > > It seems like more than an interesting observation. It could be the topic > of a scholarly book like the one just published on automobiles by the > Nation editor (can't recall her name.) Somehow I suspect that the big push > into suburbia--which was facilitated by stepped-up automobile production > and highway construction--was a political calculation. The ruling class > understood that workers who owned rather than rented tended to adopt > petty-bourgeois prejudices more easily. I imagine that a foray into the > policy statements of the legislators of home mortgage interest deduction > legislation would reveal some interesting ruling class attitudes. > > Louis Proyect David Gordon has written that suburbia was favored because workers used to live in communities close by their work sites, making organizing easier. The author was Jane Holtz. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
