"Kim Stanley Robinson - Forty Signs of Rain" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robinson Kim Stanley)

Edgardo pointed to the headline and explained his objection.

Anna said, тАЬI donтАЩt know. Maybe if you add two billion small households up, it matches the richest three
hundred.тАЭ

тАЬNot this top three hundred. Have you seen the latestForbes 500 reports?тАЭ

Anna shook her head impatiently, as if to say, Of course not, why would I waste my time? But Edgardo
was an inveterate student of the stock market and the financial world in general. He tapped another
taped-up page. тАЬThe average surplus value created by American workers is thirty-three dollars an hour.тАЭ

Anna said, тАЬI wonder how they define surplus value.тАЭ

тАЬProfit,тАЭ Frank said.

Edgardo shook his head. тАЬYou can cook the books and get rid of profit, but the surplus value, the value
created beyond the pay for the labor, is still there.тАЭ

Anna said, тАЬThere was a page in here that said the average American worker puts in 1,950 hours a year.
I thought that was questionable too, thatтАЩs forty hours a week for about forty-nine weeks.тАЭ

тАЬThree weeks of vacation a year,тАЭ Frank pointed out. тАЬPretty normal.тАЭ

тАЬYeah, but thatтАЩs the average? What about all the part-time workers?тАЭ

тАЬThere must be an equivalent number of people who work overtime.тАЭ

тАЬCan that be true? I thought overtime was a thing of the past.тАЭ

тАЬYou work overtime.тАЭ
тАЬYeah but I donтАЩt getpaid for it.тАЭ

The men laughed at her.

тАЬThey should have used the median,тАЭ she said. тАЬThe average is a skewed measure of central tendency.
Anyway, thatтАЩsтАжтАЭ Anna could do calculations in her head. тАЬSixty-four thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars a year, generated by the average worker in surplus value. If you can believe these figures.тАЭ

тАЬWhatтАЩs the average income?тАЭ Edgardo asked. тАЬThirty thousand?тАЭ

тАЬMaybe less,тАЭ Frank said.

тАЬWe donтАЩt have any idea,тАЭ Anna objected.

тАЬCall it thirty, and whatтАЩs the average taxes paid?тАЭ

тАЬAbout ten? Or is it less?тАЭ

Edgardo said, тАЬCall it ten. So letтАЩs see. You work every day of the year, except for three lousy weeks.
You make around a hundred thousand dollars. Your boss takes two thirds, and gives you one third, and