Re: [Pen-l] supply & demand at work

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

 ravi wrote:
>> But disagree with what? Surely they wouldn't disagree with the fact
>> that "there are women in such desperate poverty that they are forced
>> to sell their body to survive"?

Carrol Cox wrote:
> There are men and women in such desperate poverty that they are forced
> to sell their brains to universities and colleges as temp workers."

the reserve army strikes again!

> This is an interesting formula, especially since as stated it leaves
> open the question of the concrete content of "poverty" and "survive."

I see "poverty" as being defined by the vicious circle of poverty: If
someone lives below the poverty line thus defined, it means that in
order to continue to exist as a human being in society, she or he must
either use up assets such as health and personal property or borrow in
hopes of a better future. Either one makes poverty worse. Aid from
others can make it less severe.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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