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The continuing capitalist dilemma , over-production.  We must reduce
the work week AT THE SAME PAY
wcm

>
> Another thought...
> I feel that people who promote the "work ethic", given the shortage of
> jobs, are actually promoting a "competition ethic".
>
>
> On Thu, 8 May 1997, Robin Brooker wrote:
>
> > The same distinction should be made between WORK and JOBS.  There is much
> > more work to be done in the 1990s than there was in the 1960s but it takes
> > fewer employees to do the work - hence there are fewer jobs.
> >
> > Robin Brooker
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