The Right to Useful Unemployment and Its Professional EnemiesMonograph on a philosophy for restoring quality of life to modern society - contends that autonomous activities, in which both rich and poor people might find a sense of creativity and freedom, have been thwarted by professionalism, technocracy, and the pursuit of productivity. |
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... economics are certainly not rare . Such theories are being proposed by dozens of outsiders , who often identify them ... economic system . The new analytical systems would force us to recognize the obvious 26 THE RIGHT TO USEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT.
... economics are certainly not rare . Such theories are being proposed by dozens of outsiders , who often identify them ... economic system . The new analytical systems would force us to recognize the obvious 26 THE RIGHT TO USEFUL UNEMPLOYMENT.
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... economy . In none of the economic models serving as national guidelines is there a variable to account for non - marketable use- values any more than there is a variable for nature's perennial contribution . Yet there is no economy that ...
... economy . In none of the economic models serving as national guidelines is there a variable to account for non - marketable use- values any more than there is a variable for nature's perennial contribution . Yet there is no economy that ...
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... economy ' is now generally used only to designate group survival which is marginal to market - depend- ence and in which people make what they use by means of traditional tools and within an inherited , often unexamined , social ...
... economy ' is now generally used only to designate group survival which is marginal to market - depend- ence and in which people make what they use by means of traditional tools and within an inherited , often unexamined , social ...
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Disabling Professions | 38 |
Enabling Distinctions | 65 |
Copyright | |
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