if terrorists attack, it would be similar in effect to the hypothetical S&G spat on
the second night. The liability questions would be settled by the courts, mostly to
help the rich.
I don't know what "should" happen here.
jd
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Yeah, but what if a terrorist hijacks Simon and Garfunkel's private jet and
crashes into the stage after it was set up, killing the nauseating pair, and
forcing a refund.. And suppose the concert insurance doesn't cover terrorist
acts of god, then what... should the government step and subsidize th
Barrister Shemano writes:
>... Let's imagine the crew does all their work. They set up the special sound and
>light systems, etc. However, Simon and Garfunkel get into a fight and refuse to
>perform, so the show is cancelled and all ticket are refunded. The next night, Simon
>and Garfunkel r
David wrote:
>I am a reductionist, as some of you may
>remember from a previous exchange. Therefore, I insist on
>narrowing issues to their most basic.
You write: "I insist on narrowing issues to their most basic."
I do, too, sir.
Survival. Ability to raise kids. Dignity.
My dad was working c
Kenneth Campbell writes:
>> I don't think I misunderstand your question. I was talking about the
>> "value" of the crew.
>>
>> But please inform me of my errors, I am open to instruction, at any age.
>>
>> The labor/value thing is larger than micro economy, no? When you squish
>> it into some sma
In a message dated 7/2/2004 5:54:30 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Let's
imagine the crew does all their work. They set up the special sound and
light systems, etc. However, Simon and Garfunkel get into a fight and
refuse to perform, so the show is cancelled
David the non-trolled writes:
>You misunderstand my questions. I am not asking
>whether the crew should be paid. I am trying to
>understand the labor theory of value/surplus
>value/exploitation in context.
I don't think I misunderstand your question. I was talking about the
"value" of the crew
Kenneth Campbell writes:
>> Don't be silly. You are supposedly a lawyer.
>>
>> The refusal to perform negated the contract. But not the contractual
>> duties owed to those expected to aid in the performance.
>>
>> The pathetic spat between the actual performers (in your little
>> hypothetical) doe
Michael writes:
>Please, no personal attacks. If David were a troller, he
>could have been very disruptive here. He has not been.
I honestly did not write "David the troller" in a negative way.
Honestly! I thought he was just here to be the straw that stirs the
drink that we all prefer.
I thin
Please, no personal attacks. If David were a troller, he could have been very
disruptive here. He has not been.
I suspect that the thread has exhausted itself.
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 07:12:22PM -0400, Kenneth Campbell wrote:
> David the troller writes:
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
David the troller writes:
>Humor me on this. I need some Marx 101. Let's imagine the
>crew does all their work. They set up the special sound and
>light systems, etc. However, Simon and Garfunkel get into a
>fight and refuse to perform, so the show is cancelled and all
>ticket are refunded. T
Prof. Devine writes:
>> The hired folks (the crew, etc.) probably produced more value than they received in
>> wages, so Marxian exploitation was going on: surplus-value was likely produced
>> (though I don't know the details of the case). S&G are super-star members of the
>> working class, so the
In a message dated 7/2/2004 12:40:40 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We were
just discussing that capitalism is theft, appropriation of value, etc.
Now, how did this play out at the concert? There were about 18,000
tickets sold. Let's conservatively say at a
David B. Shemano wrote:
How would it work in PEN-Ltopia?
Simon & Garfunkel would have been sent to the glue factory long ago.
Doug
Councilor Shemano writes:
> We were just discussing that capitalism is theft,
> appropriation of value, etc.
I wasn't in on that.
>Now, how did this play out at
> the concert? There were about 18,000 tickets sold. Let's
> conservatively say at an average price of $150, so there was
> a
Prof. Devine writes:
>> individual prices can't be explained or predicted using Marx's labor theory of value
>> (more accurately, the law of value). Regular micro will do (though not the Chicago
>> variant). It's a monopoly situation, where the sellers try to get as much of the
>> "consumer
>> su
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