[PEN-L:2584] Re: Re: Economic's "narrow focus"

[Brad De Long <delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I have another question, Brad, at what point in the history of political
>economy did the workers, trade unions, and social democratic politicians
>suddenly and inexplicably embrace the reactionary doctrine of the
>wages-fund? I'm puzzled because all I can ever find is *attribution* of this
>theory of the lump of labor to the workers, trade unions etc. On the other
>hand, I can find quite a bit of repudiation and denunciation of the
>wages-fund doctrine from socialists, trade unionists etc. Not the least from
>a certain K. Marx.
>
>


that I do not know. Let me hunt around and see if I can find anything...

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