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Re: [OPE-L] various

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Well, Senior of course, as per Vol 1 Capital

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <OPE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OPE-L] various


> My question had to do with the response of people who opposed the 8 hour
day.  Did
> anyone give a rationale for the long days, except for the sanctity of
contract and
> denigration of workers?
>
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 11:15:28AM -0400, glevy@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Several brief interventions:
> >
> > 1) Re the length of the working day
> >      The public debate on the 8 hour day occurred during Marx's
> > lifetime and his theory of absolute surplus value could be seen, in
> > part, as an intervention in that struggle and a reply to both
> > reactionary opponents of the 8-hour-day and liberal and "utopian"
> > advocates who justified support for the 8-hour-day in moral terms
> > (i.e. what was "fair").
> >
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
>
>
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