Re: [OPE] Invention, Inventors, and the Productivity of Labor

Alejandro Agafonow wrote:
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> Paul C.: "It also seems invidious to single out some employees as
> 'entrepreneurs'."
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> We can’t escape a social division of labour. We are not yet in the
> position of synthesize goods at zero labour costs.
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> The key rests in the access to the profession of managers under
> socialism. We can devise more transparent and less elitist paths.
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> Regards,
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> A. Agafonow
The point I was making is that innovations are not necessarily going to
be made by managers, and often are not.
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> *De:* Paul Cockshott <wpc@dcs.gla.ac.uk>
> *Para:* wrighti@acm.org; Outline on Political Economy mailing list
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> *Enviado:* martes, 4 de noviembre, 2008 10:21:52
> *Asunto:* Re: [OPE] Invention, Inventors, and the Productivity of Labor
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> Ian Wright wrote:
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> > If so, I worry about the social and political implications of this
> > difference. I also think having two kinds of income is potentially
> > redundant. Why not allow all workers in the firm decide, in a democratic
> > manner, how the profit is distributed? Especially as the entrepreneurs
> > are supplying labour, like everyone else.
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> It also seems invidious to single out some employees as
> 'entrepreneurs'. It may be appropriate
> to recognise that a particular invention was made a particular team of
> people and pay them a one off
> a bonus from the overall reduction in costs that the invention made
> possible, but that could be
> any team of workers, not just a group of managers.
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