Louis Proyect wrote:>>You'll notice that (D) & (E) are practically the same for each country. So can you draw any meaningful inferences about whether the same level of exploitation exists for both countries? Obviously not. Bottom line, we have to avoid the temptation to do economic analysis based on such a reductionist view. There is no substitute for the concrete analysis of concrete class relations.<<
Doug writes: > In other words, if the contemporary statistics don't say what you want them to, turn to Lenin instead.< getting away from sparring such as the above, it seems to me that if one wants to understand the concrete condions, it really helps to have statistics. Both kinds of analysis seem relevant, and can be complementary. JD
