Back to AtD. 'human capital'? p.895

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Mon Jun 4 06:41:25 CDT 2012


> Having an allegorical sculpture "Surplus Value" in a "capitalist temple" is
> kind of whack.  The other figures personify classical and neoclassical
> economic concepts, not specifically Marxist, though Marx made use of them
> too, (most notably the law of diminishing returns)

It's ironic. And P-whack! Of course, were P to have an allegorical
figure representing worker's today, I'm afraid most would be wasting
away with Baumol's Cose Disease, and especially those of us who can't
seem to, in spite of all the races to the top, all the Smart
technologies, increase our productivity. The cost of an Education asnd
it value seem to have an inverse relationship these days, thus the law
of diminishing the educators and their pensions & Co. ....but I screed
and digress.



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