On 9/22/07, Jayson Funke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Might part of the problem lie in a static view of finance as inherently > incapable of value-production? Surely finance, in the same way that industry > has become more financial (by expanding credit provisioning and financial > investing etc), has also expanded its range of operations into > value-producing activities. For example, when I worked at Mellon Financial > we produced tax returns, investment reports, and many custodial services in > which my labor added value to a product sold to clients. Is menial physical > labor the only labor that adds value?
Why does "menial" work have to be necessarily physical (and why does physical work have to be menial?) Surely WalMart checkout desks and McDonald drive-through windows do not involve burning a lot of calories but it is about as menial as it gets right? -raghu.
