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The Right to Be Lazy - Lafargue

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Why productivity is their problem, not ours...

Written: Saint Pélagie Prison, 1883
Source: The Right To Be Lazy and Other Studies
Translated: Charles Kerr
First Published: Charles Kerr and Co., Co-operative, 1883
Online Version: Lafargue Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2000
Transcription/Markup: Sally Ryan

  • Preface
  • 1. A Disastrous Dogma
  • 2. Blessings of Work
  • 3. The Consequences of Over-Production
  • 4. New Songs to New Music
  • Appendix
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  • 2. Blessings of Work
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  • 4. New Songs to New Music
  • Appendix
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