tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511457357252372128.post3425203873884362519..comments2023-10-02T09:52:42.604-05:00Comments on newsymposium: Labor MattersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511457357252372128.post-64161751851901130762021-04-25T01:50:34.389-05:002021-04-25T01:50:34.389-05:00ITBP pay slip online on login to webportal itbpoli...ITBP pay slip online on login to webportal itbpolice.nic.in with personal ID to check or download monthly salary details in 2021 mentioned in PIS database, Find how to login yourself to payroll of Indo Tibetan Border Police in PIS login portal to check the salary particulars. 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Cyou can access Classwise Uttar Pradesh Textbooks for all subjects for free of cost in English, Bengali, and Hindi mediums.<br />10th model paperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045726706938552734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511457357252372128.post-88251752555099206342017-04-18T23:35:21.939-05:002017-04-18T23:35:21.939-05:00During our polylog, I mentioned Nicholas Eberstadt...During our polylog, I mentioned Nicholas Eberstadt's book, "Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis" published by the Templeton Press (2016.) The Cato Foundation's book forum on it is at:<br />https://www.cato.org/events/men-without-work-americas-invisible-crisis<br />for those who prefer †o see and hear.<br /><br />You can buy the book at: https://www.templetonpress.org/book/men-without-work<br /><br />A few related podcasts on EconTalk:<br /><br />David Autor on Trade, China, and U.S. Labor Markets<br />http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/03/david_autor_on_1.html<br />David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the fundamentals of trade and his research on the impact on workers and communities from trade with China. Autor's research finds large and persistent effects on manufacturing jobs and communities where those jobs once were. Autor and Roberts discuss whether these results capture the full impact of increased trade with China and what the policy response might be that could help workers hurt by trade. <br /><br /><br /><br />Autor on Disability:<br />http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/04/autor_on_disabi.html<br />David Autor of MIT talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. SSDI has grown dramatically in recent years and now costs about $200 billion a year. Autor explains how the program works, why the growth has been so dramatic, and the consequences for the stability of the program in the future. This is an illuminated look at the interaction between politics and economics and reveals an activity of government that is relatively ignored today but will not be able to be ignored in the future.<br /><br />Erik Hurst on Work, Play, and the Dynamics of U.S. Labor Markets:<br />http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/11/erik_hurst_on_w.html<br /><br />Erik Hurst of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the state of the labor market in the United States. Hurst notes dramatic changes in employment rates for men and speculates about the causes. Two factors discussed in detail are declines in the manufacturing sector and the rise of high-end video games as a form of leisure.<br /><br /><br />You may also find very relevant the latest EconTalk:<br /><br />Rana Foroohar on the Financial Sector and Makers and Takers:<br /><br />Journalist and author Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about her book, Makers and Takers. Foroohar argues that finance has become an increasingly powerful part of the U.S. economy and has handicapped the growth and effectiveness of manufacturing and the rest of the economy. <br />http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/04/rana_foroohar_o.html<br />Dr. Malcolm C. Harris, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17980830934198211026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511457357252372128.post-3392485302617452852017-04-06T05:07:16.921-05:002017-04-06T05:07:16.921-05:00A Reply from Samson: the Metaphor for Labor
Dear f...A Reply from Samson: the Metaphor for Labor<br />Dear fellow symposiasts,<br /><br />I have been discussing your upcoming New Symposium topic on labor versus capital with a certain super hero I have come to know and he offers his own story to you for consideration as you seek to understand the issues you face. Please allow me to summarize his lengthy and exciting account.<br /><br />Born into the austere and frugal life of a Nazarite, Samson learned that as long as he obeyed a few simple commandments given to him by God, he would enjoy sure sight, sufficient strength, simple tools [like the jawbone of an ass], satisfying success and SELF-RESPECT. Of course, there were always those, given over to sloth and narcissism, who wished to enslave Samson for their own gain. But all their efforts to do so failed ... until they found his weak spot ... SELF-INDULGENCE.<br /><br />So Samson's enemies made sure he enjoyed anything he wanted as opposed to earning everything he needed. And suddenly one morning Samson awoke to find his strength was gone. His enemies first put out his eyes so he could not look ahead and plan for his future [literally could not exercise pro-vision]. He was then condemned to live day by day at their pleasure dependent on their leading. They harnessed him to their machine where he labored on a meager diet [once again] as their slave grinding out their profits at his expense in open humiliation. But as he returned to simplicity and work, he quite unintentionally began to grow stronger once again ... but, more importantly, to morally understand [if not physically see] what had happened to him ... what he had done to himself.<br /><br />In a final act of SELF-SACRIFICE to emancipate his people and assure their future, he used what wisdom and strength he had left to move the main pillar that supported the vast edifice of evil that had brought him into [and now threatened his people with] slavery. And although Samson died in the resulting collapse [he thinks you call it a recession today], that ending transformed the story of his life from a human tragedy into a divine comedy.<br /><br />Ever since then Samson has been quite insistent that labor has always been and will always be blessed by God. Paul reaffirmed this assurance in Ephesians 4:28. And Samson would warn you that labor has always had those who wished to enslave it for their own profit. And that, unfortunately, labor has often been foolish ... trading self-respect for self-indulgence ... consumption for provision ... surplus for debt ... like he did.<br /><br />At the end of his story, I asked Samson if there was any hope for the emancipation of labor today. And where it might lie. And which one is the main pillar that supports the many-columned modern temple of evil that has enslaved, exploited and humiliated labor in your day?<br /><br />His answer was clear and forceful: when labor has the will to work, God provides the wisdom and the strength needed to find and move the pillar that will bring down the slavemasters in any generation... for the sake of future generations ... because God wills men to be free ... and sound judgment is always stronger than mighty armies.<br /><br />Samson sends his best regards and wishes you wisdom and strength in the execution of your upcoming deliberations and your subsequent duties.<br /><br />your friend,<br />ChaerephonChaerephonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021423498862093410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511457357252372128.post-12272524258462586602017-04-03T15:16:19.119-05:002017-04-03T15:16:19.119-05:00Reply: The Catholic principle of subsidiarity ???
...Reply: The Catholic principle of subsidiarity ???<br /><br />Dear fellow symposiasts,<br /><br />If, by your silence, you are telling me that God [to whom I referred in my Comment above] has no identifiable interest in the subject of our upcoming symposium, I would encourage you to consider some feedback on my thoughts [which I recently received via a 3rd party]:<br /><br />"[Chaerephon] correctly notes that when government gains control over money ... it moves resources around the economy (the capital/labor ratio) and steers it toward politically preferred ends. Since those ends may (and often do) conflict with the goals of the citizenry, this eventually leads to a supply/demand imbalance and disaster. ... [In this manner] the Fed’s low interest policies have distorted the capital/labor ratios. ... And [Chaerephon's] arguments for power being exercised at the lowest level possible is consistent with the subsidiary principle of Catholic theology."<br /><br />So what is the Catholic principle of subsidiarity ... is it applicable to questions of political economy ... and could it possibly have anything to do with monetary policy and the economic equilibirum between capital and labor?<br /><br />Is the Church failing in its mission to mankind ...<br /><br />... because it does not [indeed cannot] understand and directly control all the BIG THINGS [like macroeconomics and monetary policy which comprise the complex, divine logos that connects all things from ethics to economics]<br /><br />... or because it has neglected faithfulness in a few of the small things which it can understand and should obey [like the microeconomic principles of work, frugality, savings and charity]?<br /><br />It took centuries for the popes to rediscover and canonize God's principle of labor's subsidiarity [which the Apostle Paul set forth in Ephesians 4:28]. Perhaps, we can finally put it to some practical use in our modern political economy!<br /><br />I am excitedly looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these and other questions very soon.<br /><br />your friend, Chaerephon<br /><br /><br />PS.<br />“In the nineteenth century, the French sociologist Frédéric LePlay, an astute and critical observer of the centralization of state power, established the moral principle of subsidiarity, according to which any problem should be solved by the—in political terms—lowest-ranking person or organization that is able to solve it. Pope Leo XIII then canonized this principle, in a manner of speaking, in Rerum Novarum (§§13, 35), without calling it by its name. Only in 1931, Pope Pius XI adopted the expression ‘subsidiarity,’ in his encyclical Quadragesimo Anno.” The Ethics of Money Production, pp 176-177, J.G. Hulsmann, 2008Chaerephonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021423498862093410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511457357252372128.post-67094580933942636102017-03-15T10:08:50.387-05:002017-03-15T10:08:50.387-05:00A Comment by Chaerephon [your friend]
Well, New S...A Comment by Chaerephon [your friend]<br /><br />Well, New Symposium is back in OPEN FORMAT for our April 18 evening on "Labor Matters", so I am not going to be BASHFUL about initiating the blogging [although I may do a little gentle BASHING before it's all over so please forgive me in advance].<br /><br />My emails today contained an urgent message on "How to Profit from the Coming Robotics Revolution." What the article did not explain was how this revolution is going to help a world of billions who were [and are still being] born with a God-given lifetime-reservoir of labor ... but no capital and few natural resources [since most of those were "taken" long ago].<br /><br />So have you ever tried to put a multi-part thing together without using the manufacturer's instructions only to find at the end that you had pieces left over? Are we looking at a world with alot of leftover parts [aka laborers] who are simply not needed for our political-economy to function properly? Or have we simply failed to follow the "maker's instructions" as we have pursued a self-focused, frantic and unprincipled rush to construct ways to control wealth? And, when things don't seem to "go right", have we finally reached the point where we are willing [to quote your world's central bankers] "to do whatever it takes"? It was said in ancient Athens [where I lived] that for somebody with a hammer everything looks like a nail. A timeless and timely truth.<br /><br />When Bob Love was the proposed moderator, he and I collected our thoughts on this subject and put them into a "Moderator's POV" under "Suggested Readings" along with some other articles. Now that Mike is moderator, we still stand by those thoughts. If/as you read them, we encourage you to remember two things.<br /><br />First, COLLECTIVISM comes in many forms which include deviations on the more common themes of socialism, fascism and totalitarianism. This is because the essence of collectivism is not on "the people" but rather on the centralization of decision making. However, INDIVIDUALISM [which comes to us from the Greek word for "indivisible"] always implies decentralization.<br /><br />Second, as you consider the various arguments you are going to hear on this subject, remember this quote from Milton Friedman:<br />"The argument for COLLECTIVISM is simple if false; it is an immediate emotional argument. The argument for INDIVIDUALISM is subtle and sophisticated; it is an indirect rational argument. [But sadly] the emotional facilities are more highly developed in most men than the rational, paradoxically or especially even in those who regard themselves as intellectuals. … On both sides of the Atlantic, it is only a little overstated to say that we preach individualism and competitive capitalism, and practice socialism.” Preface to the 1994 edition of F.A Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom"<br /><br />Friends, perhaps, the only things that we should be "collecting" right now in our world are our carelessly illogical and badly scattered thoughts about political economy. You know where to look for mine [and Bob's].<br /><br />We hope to hear yours in the coming weeks of blogging ... right here ... so we can all discuss them face-to-face on April 18th in an "open format" evening of dialogue ... on "Labor Matters" ... at New Symposium.Chaerephonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021423498862093410noreply@blogger.com