From: Damien Sullivan (phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 07 2003 - 15:19:58 MDT
On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 08:29:02AM -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
> Earlier this morning I was mentally comparing the tax structure, patent
> laws, copyrights, and social conditions with those of the 1950s. We
> have gone drastically downhill. The only gain (I admit it's a large
> one) that I noticed was increased interracial justice. But there have
Women, and men who like women not in traditional roles, might think there have
been some improvements as well. Sexual revolution, women admitted more to
technical colleges and jobs...
Krugman traces a lot of socioeconomic relative decline to falling productivity
growth rates. Productivity grew at about 3% in the fifties and sixties, and
1% since then. I think the message was that Ricardo's Iron Law of Wages, and
some similar analysis by Marx, were perfectly valid in the static equilibrium.
The faster productivity grows, the farther we can get from that unpleasant
state.
-xx- Damien X-)
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