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> Perhaps we are talking at cross-purposes here. Doug, Steve, Joan
> Robinson, etc. are saying that under capitalism it's better to be
> employed than unemployed; Ali, Paul, etc. are saying that capitalism
> on the periphery is very much worse than other modes of production &
> especially so wh
Christian writes:>To be "unemployed" is to be within capital's orbit (ie it's a
distinction that applies to populations constructed statistically by nation-states and
super-national bodies.) Robinson is saying that being outside of that orbit is far
worse than being in it. That is, even unemploy
> > Perhaps we are talking at cross-purposes here. Doug, Steve, Joan
>> Robinson, etc. are saying that under capitalism it's better to be
>> employed than unemployed; Ali, Paul, etc. are saying that capitalism
>> on the periphery is very much worse than other modes of production &
>> especia
I think that we can drop the title of this thread.
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Michael Perelman
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