"alientated" work? Is that digging up foreign potatoes for the boss?
Cheers, Ken Hanly
Michael Perelman wrote:
> The work ethic, as it is typically used, applies to alientated/alienating work -- I
>work hard to get ....
>
> Marx's self-realization was something else.
>
> I just played basketball for 2 hours. I am exhausted. Was my effort a reflection
>of my work ethic?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I guess I am a fan of the work ethic, but I thought that was actually a Marxist
>ideal, self-realization through productive labor. But the reason I push markets in
>their place is not that I think they will promote such self-realization, but because
>they help us avoid waste. Even a LaFargian advocate of laziness ought to be against
>waste, if only beacuse it means we would have to work harder and longer for less.
>--jks
> >
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
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