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Joe Shlabotnik

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1. Don't know about Marx,

Reply to Paolo123 (Original post)

Fri Feb 7, 2014, 01:58 AM

Feb 2014

but perhaps the reference was to John Maynard Keynes (who was no Marxist) 1930 prediction that our grandchildren would only be working 15 hour workweeks, and that living standards would improve eightfold by the year 2030.

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Help tracking down some Karl Marx writings [View all] Paolo123 Feb 2014 OP

Don't know about Marx, Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2014 #1

some helpful links alp227 Feb 2014 #2

thanks nt Paolo123 Feb 2014 #3