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DESCRIPTION:Praised by politicians, needed by workers, demanded by leftists and 
 teabaggers:\n\n“Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!”\n\nHow the call for jobs 
 demonstrates the absurd relation between work, wealth and growth in 
 capitalism\n\nNow that unemployment is up around 10%, the widespread lack 
 of work is causing serious concern. After all, everyone needs work, but a 
 lot of people don’t find any. But who really has this problem – is it a 
 problem for the unemployed or for the aspiring leaders of the nation? 
 Everyone considers it a major problem, but what kind of a strange problem 
 is it? After all, if there is no longer so much work to do, if it really 
 takes fewer people less time to produce necessities, then why doesn't this 
 mean less toil for everybody? Why instead does everybody need work in order 
 to live, and such long and intensive working hours?\n\nInstead, one demand 
 drowns out the rest: “jobs jobs jobs!” If people don’t have work to 
 do, then everyone agrees that companies, unions and the government must do 
 everything in their power to put people to work. But is it so obvious that 
 people need work, of all things? Is it their lack of toil that makes them 
 poor?\n\nEverybody considers it normal and obvious that a lack of work is a 
 threat to most people’s livelihoods, but what does that tell us about 
 this best of all possible economies? What kind of an economy is this, where 
 people's livelihoods don't depend on whether enough goods have been 
 produced for consumption, but on more and more work? And if that’s the 
 case, why is there always a shortage of work? What does this tell us about 
 the relationship between work, wealth and growth in capitalism? We invite 
 you to come and find out.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/24/18662115.php
SUMMARY:“Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!” The absurd relation between work, wealth and growth
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Library\n6501 Telegraph Ave\nOakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/10/24/18662115.php
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