Οι Λουδίτες, αυτοί οι βίαιοι πολέμιοι της τεχνολογικής προόδου;
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Μεταφέρω επιστολή αναγνώστη με τίτλο “Reassessing the Luddites” στην Εκόνομιστ της 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023. Μάλλον αποκαθιστά την ιστορική οικονομική αλήθεια.
“Luddites have indeed had a bad press. The Luddites were weavers who by law had a monopoly on the trade. They viewed the mechanical looms of the Industrial Revolution to be operating outside the law, but their appeals to the crown were ignored. They had no right to organise. But they did try to work with the new factory owners and were willing to operate mechanical looms as long as their incomes were maintained. Factory owners who reached deals with the Luddites did not have their looms smashed. The Luddites were violently repressed. The new factories made inferior products, under conditions that were thought appalling even at the time.”
Branko Milanovic (2025) The World Under Capitalism – Observations on Economics, Politics, History, and Culture. Cambridge: Polity Press. pp. xvi + 480. Branko Milanovic is
Joshua Aizenman, Hiro Ito, Donghyun Park, Jamel Saadaoui & Gazi Salah Uddin The Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic were two major shocks to the world economy in the
Robert N McCauley In the event of dysfunction in dollar funding markets, the Federal Reserve can supply liquidity through standing central bank swaps. This column
Οι Λουδίτες, αυτοί οι βίαιοι πολέμιοι της τεχνολογικής προόδου;
poleconomix.gr
Μεταφέρω επιστολή αναγνώστη με τίτλο “Reassessing the Luddites” στην Εκόνομιστ της 2 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023. Μάλλον αποκαθιστά την ιστορική οικονομική αλήθεια.
“Luddites have indeed had a bad press. The Luddites were weavers who by law had a monopoly on the trade. They viewed the mechanical looms of the Industrial Revolution to be operating outside the law, but their appeals to the crown were ignored. They had no right to organise. But they did try to work with the new factory owners and were willing to operate mechanical looms as long as their incomes were maintained. Factory owners who reached deals with the Luddites did not have their looms smashed. The Luddites were violently repressed. The new factories made inferior products, under conditions that were thought appalling even at the time.”
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