Re: What do workers compete for?

On 17 May 2004 11:52:57 -0700, zerge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (zerge) wrote:

>harold <> wrote in message
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>...
>> On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:24:02 -0400, "Mark Monson" <m_monson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >"Matt Timmermans" <mt0000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >news:OYYlc.26361$3Q4.668510@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> At first glance, the return to labour seems straightforward:  a
skilled
>> >> person who wants to work can join himself to the required land and
capital,
>> >> work hard to create value, and demand a significant ****tion of that
value in
>> >> return.
>> >
>> >First, nobody want to work.   
>> 
>> Speak for yourself, sonny.
>> 
>> >Second, what does skilled have to do with it?  
>> 
>> Skill is the capital for the person who sells his skills.  They have
>> invested time and money acquiring these skills, which they may then
>> sell.
>> 
>> >And how
>> >does somebody join himself to the required land and capital?  Capital
can be
>> >produced, land can't.
>> 
>> If land were a limiting factor, as I suspect it is in Japan, for
>> example, this would be im****tant.
>
>Ah, you see, not all land is created equal. 

Quite true.  And?

>You may think that there
>is no land problem un such a large territory as the US. But who needs
>land in the middle of nowhere? You want land close to the markets!

Why?  I was talking to a manufacturer in Alabama who makes floor
boards for a truck manufacturer.

He buys the raw material (resin and glass fiber) from China, makes his
product, and ****ps it to China for inclusion in the truck cab.  Good
trans****tation is a lot more im****tant that proximity.
 
>Have you ever tried to rent commercial property in the middle of
>Manhattan? Or in a very active mall? THERE is a limiting factor for
>you my friend :)

That must explain why Wal-Mart, with stores mostly in the hinterlands
(is that word too big), is the largest company in the world, huh, my
friend?

Regards, Harold
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