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- From: cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok)
- Subject: Re: GM Plant Closures Again? Won't Solve the Economic Problems
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 17:04:09 GMT
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- In article <BzGt3v.AIu@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec18.010103.16762@athena.mit.edu> cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok) writes:
- >>In article <BzCx38.pr@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
- >>> The simple, empirical refutation to your argument is even
- >>> easier: In the computer industry there hasn't been inflation,
- >>> there's been DISinflation: the prices for computer products
- >>> have been *plummetting* for decades!
- >>
- >>that is not relevant, because that disinflation is due to technological
- >>progress, and is particular to an industry. inflation or disinflation is
- >>normally considered from a larger-scope perspective.
- >
- > But overall, US workers are far more productive than they were
- > a few decades ago. So technological progress is not a unique
- > circumstance to one industry but a major driving force of
- > modern economies. It was responsible for the Industrial
- > Revolution. No economic model that assumes steady-state
- > productivity or technology can possibly succeed in the
- > modern world.
-
- i won't argue that technology is bad. the simple fact of the matter
- is that the disinflation you mention happens in only a few, isolated
- industries, not overall.
-
- --
- charles
-