File spoon-archives/marxism.archive/marxism_1996/96-03-marxism/96-03-08.000, message 506


Date: 07 Mar 96 09:43:12 EST
From: Jon Flanders <72763.2240-AT-compuserve.com>
Subject: NY Times, dem.rights, etc.


 >> Hasn't the US recovered at least some of its predominance?
 And isn't the US dollar still the world's most highly-coveted currency?
 Jim Miller Seattle <<

 Question on this. Hasn't the US comeback been based largely on driving down
the price of labor as a weapon against more efficent rivals? This is a
short-term solution compared to a "healthier" one of making long-term
investments in infrastructure and machinery.

 Jon Flanders

  E-mail from: Jonathan E. Flanders, 07-Mar-1996




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