I must admit that I am often torn between supporting those who want freer
trade and those who are interested in protecting workers in core countries
like the US.
On the one hand, laborers in the US have fought for decades to attain fair
wages and reasonable benefits for the hard work they do.
That is, unless this is postumism. Which it is. What is postumism? It
ain't exactly capitalism and it ain't exactly fascism. It's definitely not
socialism, although "anti-socialism" might be about as close as you're
going to get.
The political economy of postumism poses the following question:
Andrew Straw wrote:
I must admit that I am often torn between supporting those who want freer
trade and those who are interested in protecting workers in core countries
like the US.
[snip]
Make more people owners. Active owners. Both in core AND in peripheral
countries.
Real democracy
Ed Goertzen replied:
A further point, Did you know that Bill Gates "stole" some of the basic
(oops) elements of the operating system that he coulsd not buy through an
interesting process called "reverse engineering"
Yup, but he didn't even invent *this* ! "Reverse Engineering" is the
old
This reminded me of a thought I had many years ago when learning linear
programming. It seems that when solving a problem to, say, maximize revenue
subject to a number of constraints imposed by limited resources (materials,
labour, etc.), one automatically solves a dual problem which minimizes
Q: What is postumism?
A: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/postum.txt (32k)
I share some of the same sentiments. And I am conflicted...
Huffy is closing the last of its US factories in Farmington, MO. Folks
(with years of experience in blue-collar manufacturing jobs) are
scrambling for service sector employment. Their training and employment
history disqualifies them
I recently learned about a new organization in Ontario providing support
for contingent workers that you might want to know about.
A large number of people in the workforce are now contingent
workers--temporary, contract, agency, casual, self-employed. Contingent
workers are those of us who do
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Bob McDaniel wrote:
It occurred to me then that perhaps only in a centrally planned economy could
one ensure the results of perfect competition or free enterprise!
The same thought occurred to Oskar Lange in the 1930s.
Tom Walker
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