On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Eugene Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A third policy tool, to add to the > fiscal and monetary policy we enshrine as job sources, is cutting working > hours while maintaining income at the pre-cut level. This is a > confrontation between labor and capital. Let's get on with it rather than > continuing on the treadmill that can only end in environmental destruction.
Hear! Hear! Cutting working hours was put forward by Keynes as the ultimate solution to full employment. It was proclaimed by Marx as the essential prerequisite for social improvement and emancipation. The 19th century movement for the eight hour day was the incubator for the working class movement in the US. Can we PLEASE have a bit more interest in this vital policy issue from progressive economists? -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
