From: Michael Perelman (michael@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU)
Date: Sat Jul 30 2005 - 11:44:29 EDT
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@PRATT.EDU 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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