Let the Market Set the Price of Labor

September 7, 2018

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is labor in honor of Labor Day, which was celebrated on September 3^rd.

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A Labor Day poem about the political impossibility of a market price for labor:

Let the market set the price of labor!

And who would want to vote for such a life?

Because we live in a democracy,

Our policies are shaped by peaceful strife,

Rewarding those who fight for what they favor.

Despite the logic, what fool would agree,

Alerted to his interest, to turn over,

Yielding neck to economic knife?

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Labor

9/3: Labor Is a Blessing and a Curse

9/4: Labor Is Identity

9/5: Labor Is the Burden of Our Being

9/6: Let Every Worker Earn a Living Wage

9/7: Let the Market Set the Price of Labor