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[PEN-L:6069] Re: Long Hours....
Brad DeLong wrote:
>I don't know about this. It seems to me that in historical
>perspective--relative, say, to being a field slave at
>Monticello--conditions of work here and now under modern industrial
>capitalism are pretty good...
to which Ian Murray replied:
>Tell that to migrant farm workers who grow your pesticide infested
>broccoli...
By "here and now" Brad was probably referring to being tenured faculty in
the Economics Dept. at UCBerkeley. They don't grow broccoli in Economics
Departments.
regards,
Tom Walker
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/timework/covenant.htm
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- [PEN-L:6070] Poverty Rate Note,
Tim Stroshane Wed 28 Apr 1999, 01:06 GMT
- [PEN-L:6066] Long Hours....,
Lisa & Ian Murray Wed 28 Apr 1999, 00:22 GMT
- [PEN-L:6069] Re: Long Hours....,
Tom Walker Wed 28 Apr 1999, 00:08 GMT
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