tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844557836957288037.post5163871228914275173..comments2023-11-05T13:23:25.426+01:00Comments on Luxemburger Anarchist: Genossin Palin?nestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13062818060735847900noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844557836957288037.post-1505524888643184572011-09-19T08:51:34.257+02:002011-09-19T08:51:34.257+02:00About Turgots distinction between the entrepreneur...About Turgots distinction between the entrepreneur and the capitalist (not a pejorative term for him):<br />http://www.erudit.org/revue/ae/1992/v68/n3/602079ar.pdfnestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13062818060735847900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844557836957288037.post-40763520910322197992011-09-19T04:05:35.557+02:002011-09-19T04:05:35.557+02:00If you have some readings about this, could you pl...If you have some readings about this, could you please let me know about them? I mean... Turgot use of the word, and so on. I would like to read them and have a discussion on it with some guys who defend the use of the word "capitalism". I always had mixed feelings about the word...Alicianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844557836957288037.post-65558771319742770932011-09-17T14:09:54.267+02:002011-09-17T14:09:54.267+02:00Well... technically the term "capitalist"...Well... technically the term "capitalist" was first used in a scholarly text by Turgot in 1766, who used it in OPPOSITION to "entrepreneur". It meant essentially "money-lender". By the 19th century, it became obviously a smear-word, basically designing the "looters" (synonym for plutocrats, basically). So, I have to disagree that she's misusing the term "capitalist" here.nestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13062818060735847900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2844557836957288037.post-65107510005849833892011-09-16T16:13:32.712+02:002011-09-16T16:13:32.712+02:00Well.... I have to agree with her after all... exc...Well.... I have to agree with her after all... except on the point of the "bad capitalists". Those are not capitalists. Those are looters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com