• cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk
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    7 days ago

    “The economy” is a nebulous term, like “the environment”. Looking at it from the perspective of workers, a high-wage economy is a good economy. From the perspective of capitalists, a high-growth economy is good. There’s no objective measure of what a good/bad economy is, and if we allow capitalists to dictate the terms of what a “good economy” is then the left will continue to be pushed out of economic discussions, to the detriment of workers.

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        I’m tired of this defeatist argument. There are plenty of leftist economists. Yes they’re sidelined, but without anyone arguing coherently for a left-wing economic vision, it’s going to stay that way.