Michael Yates wrote,
5. Hours of work as low as possible . . .
Michael,
Although I agree whole-heartedly with the goal, I dispute the low
priority. Perhaps having written a book on the topic, you are reluctant to
keep banging your head against that brick wall. Nevertheless, allow me to
1.
George's problem illustrates an argument I made on lbo a few
months ago denying discourse theory (i.e., denying the assumption
that all thought is language bound). I gave as an example then
the schoolroom syllogism
All men are mortal
Socrates is a man
Therefore Socrates is mortal
Suppose
Title: Thought and Language, was Re: Capital is wrong
Greetings economists,
Carrol Cox wrote here something which had a short while ago been a decisive influence upon me, that is that human thought is not to be confused with language. I thought I would chime in here about Carrol's point because
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The following is a (very) rough draft of a talk I will give to the
officers and national staff of the United Electrical, Radio, and Machine
Workers of America. Comments, suggestions, criticism, etc. are most
welcome.
Michael Yates
The U.S. Labor Movement and the Role of the Left in It
Made in 1957, "Desk Set" has the distinction of being the last comedy that
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy costarred in. It is also one of the
first movies (and probably the last) that tackled the subject of computers
and unemployment.
Tracy plays Richard Sumner, an MIT graduate and computer
I'm looking for readings for an undergraduate course about the link between
the social market and social norms about acceptable business behavior in the
USA.
For instance, I'm interested in analyses of how the change between #1 and #2
occurred:
1) layoffs by businesses during good economic times
Not really what Eric asked for, but a delightful example of business ethics
appeared in the London "Times" in February. The following letter to the Times
quotes the essential part. (Stagecoach is a UK-based transnational transport
firm with holdings in Sweden, Eastern Europe, Africa, China, New
