Comments on: Work is Hell http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2009/05/21/work-is-hell-this-first-appeared-in-counterpunch-at-httpwwwcounterpunchorgyates05202009html/ An Economist's Travelogue Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:49:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: ISHI http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2009/05/21/work-is-hell-this-first-appeared-in-counterpunch-at-httpwwwcounterpunchorgyates05202009html/comment-page-1/#comment-171 ISHI Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:14:14 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=163#comment-171 one thing regarding delong's 'slouching toward utopia'---he doesn't say we are heading towards a middle class/rising income society. his conclusion, last paragraph, is that in the forseeable future we will still have wealthy bankers stepping over homeless people, and there will still be wars. he says the problem is psychological and sociological, rather than economic. earlier he does say he thinks market democracies hold the most hope for change, which is what formerly radical economists and 'left-liberals' like herbert gintis and robert frank also argue. is that the truth, or just free market propoganda? this essay is good, and provides a contrast to what is in newspaper business sections. but, i am burned out a bit on both kinds of stories---work is hell, and entrepeneurship is dynamic and exciting. one thing regarding delong’s ’slouching toward utopia’—he doesn’t say we are heading towards a middle class/rising income society. his conclusion, last paragraph, is that in the forseeable future we will still have wealthy bankers stepping over homeless people, and there will still be wars. he says the problem is psychological and sociological, rather than economic. earlier he does say he thinks market democracies hold the most hope for change, which is what formerly radical economists and ‘left-liberals’ like herbert gintis and robert frank also argue. is that the truth, or just free market propoganda?

this essay is good, and provides a contrast to what is in newspaper business sections. but, i am burned out a bit on both kinds of stories—work is hell, and entrepeneurship is dynamic and exciting.

]]> By: michael d yates http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2009/05/21/work-is-hell-this-first-appeared-in-counterpunch-at-httpwwwcounterpunchorgyates05202009html/comment-page-1/#comment-123 michael d yates Sat, 23 May 2009 15:52:04 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=163#comment-123 Erik, You hit the nail on the head when you say "the great misery in the daily lives of everybody." Thanks for the reply. Michael Yates Erik,

You hit the nail on the head when you say “the great misery in the daily lives of everybody.” Thanks for the reply.

Michael Yates

]]> By: Erik http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2009/05/21/work-is-hell-this-first-appeared-in-counterpunch-at-httpwwwcounterpunchorgyates05202009html/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Erik Fri, 22 May 2009 06:08:36 +0000 http://blog.cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/?p=163#comment-122 Thanks, this is a nice piece. It seems to me that it is not only economists who avoid the topic of work, it is politicians, academics generally, novelists, journalists, and so on. Very few people want to discuss work, probably because of a fear of what lies beneath the surface, the great misery in the daily lives of everybody. The topic is ritualistically avoided in journalism, academics, and popular writing - I'm guessing, but I think that more movies probably come out every year about high school than work - & work is probably a far better setting for a movie than high school. Thanks, this is a nice piece. It seems to me that it is not only economists who avoid the topic of work, it is politicians, academics generally, novelists, journalists, and so on. Very few people want to discuss work, probably because of a fear of what lies beneath the surface, the great misery in the daily lives of everybody. The topic is ritualistically avoided in journalism, academics, and popular writing – I’m guessing, but I think that more movies probably come out every year about high school than work – & work is probably a far better setting for a movie than high school.

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