From: Paul Bullock (paulbullock@EBMS-LTD.CO.UK)
Date: Tue Aug 02 2005 - 06:04:30 EDT
Well, Senior of course, as per Vol 1 Capital PBl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@ECST.CSUCHICO.EDU> To: <OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [OPE-L] various > 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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