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

Ian W.: **The more important question from my point of view is whether, in your scheme, you isolate a *particular kind of concrete labor activity* (i.e., entrepreneurship) and then *reward it according to different rules* to the rest of the workforce (i.e., according to some function of the volume of output). In other words, do "entrepreneurs" receive adifferent *kind* of income to everyone else? **   Are there different rewarding rules in Mixed economies? Well, in my scheme too.   Since we’ll have a social division of labour during so long, until we’ll be able to synthesize goods at zero cost, it doesn’t have sense to establish the same rewarding rule for people that bear so different responsibility for the outcome of certain productive unit.   Even more, managers should be encouraged to experiment with different rewarding rules within their firms for the sake of competition and efficiency increment.   The important thing is the degree of income inequality emerging from these rules (that should be low), not the rules themselves.   Regards,A. Agafonow ________________________________ De: Ian Wright <wrighti@acm.org> Para: Outline on Political Economy mailing list <ope@lists.csuchico.edu> Enviado: martes, 4 de noviembre, 2008 18:12:13 Asunto: Re: [OPE] Invention, Inventors, and the Productivity of Labor > Paul C.: "It also seems invidious to single out some employees as > 'entrepreneurs'." > >  > > We can’t escape a social division of labour. We are not yet in the > position of synthesize goods at zero labour costs. > >  > > The key rests in the access to the profession of managers under > socialism. We can devise more transparent and less elitist paths. Your payment scheme for firm members is still not clear to me, Alejandro. You don't need to convince me that some of the activities that come under the rubric of "entrepreneurial" activity in capitalism will also be necessary in socialism and deserve to get paid like any other labor. The more important question from my point of view is whether, in your scheme, you isolate a *particular kind of concrete labor activity* (i.e., entrepreneurship) and then *reward it according to different rules* to the rest of the workforce (i.e., according to some function of the volume of output). In other words, do "entrepreneurs" receive a different *kind* of income to everyone else? This is not a question about quantitative "differences of income" but a question of income distribution rules. Thanks, -Ian. _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope

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