From: Gerald A. Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Wed Sep 15 2004 - 19:08:57 EDT
Hi Ian. > This is one of those cases where the empirics are hugely > overdetermined (e.g., Howard's "avalanche" of causal process occurring > one on top of another). The factors you mention that generate wage > inequalities are efficacious. But it all depends on the level of > abstraction. The level of abstraction where workers strive for economic equality with each other is certainly more concrete than that presented in _Capital_ since it presupposes subjectivity and trade union and class consciousness. It requires the recognition of diversity within the class and a concerted strategy to achieve unity-in-diversity. > But at a higher level of abstraction I think the empirical data does > indicate a historical tendency for intra-class wage equalization > amongst workers. At that level of abstraction, what is the causal mechanism that you believe leads to the 'tendency' for wage rate equalization? In solidarity, Jerry
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