Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:11:04 +0100
From: Iain McKay <iain.mckay-AT-zetnet.co.uk>
Subject: economies of scale


I'll say this, economies of scale within a specific
workplace may be marginal and reached at relatively
small sizes of capital.

However, in terms of market power "economies of scale"
can operate outside the workplace and ensure that under
a capitalist market big is better.

Which was Kropotkin's key insight. Big is bigger is not
appliable (often) technically, but it applies for dominating
the market.

And as a non-capitalist economy will have different definitions
of "efficiency" then the capitalist/Marxist dogma that big is
better does not hold at all. it also shows the capitalist basis
of standard marxism.

Iain