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166 [lbo-talk] James Heartfield's Unpatriotic History -- rank: 1000

On Mar 6, 2013, at 8:45 AM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote: >> William Gaddis! > > Never read Gaddis. Where do I start? One of his books is about a stock market trader, right? Is that a good one to start with? JR, a kid who becomes a mogul. Decaying WASPs, on the make arrivistes. Haven't read it since it came out but I loved the hell out of it. Doug

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Date:	Wed Mar 6 05:54:58 PST 2013

167 [lbo-talk] James Heartfield's Unpatriotic History -- rank: 1000

On Mar 6, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote: > The holy trinity of literary reflections of contemporary US society is Pynchon, Delillo, and William Gibson. I'm always shocked to discover how many Marxists don't bother to read these three authors, and always overjoyed when I encounter one who does. William Gaddis!

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168 [lbo-talk] Xiaoping Wei Interviews Michael Heinrich -- rank: 1000

On Mar 5, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote: > Xiaoping Wei, professor, director of History of Marxism Philosophy in the Philosophy Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vice-director of History of Marxism Philosophy Society of China, vice-director of Western Marxism Society of China, author of The Reflection on the Historical Subject and Historical Object(1999),On the Tracks of Karl Marx(2005),German Ideology,re-read and analysis fro ...

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169 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:49 PM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote: > Not really a good source. He starts at most a couple of centuries > before capitalism. Not that I don't think your point is not probably > valid, but your source does not support it. As I understand it, and > it has been a while since I last glanced an the literature on this, > there was actually a huge drop in standard of living in the transition > from hunter-gatherer to agriculture. Maddison make ...

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170 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > So there was no growth between, say, ca. 2000 BC and the middle ages? > They pace of growth might have accelerated with the industrial > revolution, but there was certainly some growth before, even if slow. > Medieval Europe certainly enjoyed material and technological advantage > over the "barbarian" tribes during the Roman times. > > Besides, I do not want to quibble over the issue of grow ...

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171 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > As far as I know, there has been a continuous growth humanity and its > material possessions for the last 5 thousand or so years, so > capitalism, whatever that is, does not have a monopoly for growth. Most definitely not true. Growth is almost entirely a product of capitalism. Among many other sources, here's Robert Gordon: http://www.cepr.org/pubs/PolicyInsights/PolicyInsight63.pdf

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172 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2013, at 12:10 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > He would b3 the first to disclaim credit as the flame of Occupy. I think the record would be more mixed than that.

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173 [lbo-talk] Graber on consensus -- rank: 1000

On Mar 4, 2013, at 10:57 AM, "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote: > A return to feudalism or palace economies would be preferable to the > continued existence of capitalist relations of production. Oh Jesus. This is just classic sentimental romantic anti-capitalism. If you could get 10 people who weren't employed by the International Forum on Globalization to agree with this I'd be surprised. Doug

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Date:	Mon Mar 4 08:46:39 PST 2013

174 [lbo-talk] Chewing Gum -- rank: 1000

On Mar 1, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: > I thought you were put off by his individualism. I am, but he's a trip.

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175 [lbo-talk] Snowden leaves HK -- rank: 1000

On Jun 23, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote: > He will do well wherever he will go. He is young and good looking. So is Bradley Manning, and he's going nowhere.

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176 [lbo-talk] Blog Post: Karen's Cancer -- rank: 1000

On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:57 AM, michael yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> wrote: > Full at http://cheapmotelsandahotplate.org/2013/06/13/karens-cancer/ Really moving post, Michael.

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177 [lbo-talk] From Matthews to Hayes -- rank: 1000

On Jun 11, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Max Sawicky <sawicky at verizon.net> wrote: > Tonight Matthews lionized JFK as a hero and martyr to civil rights. > > Next hour, Chris Hayes recapitulated both Kennedys jaundiced remarks about > MLK as well as the FBI campaign of surveillance and harrassment, including > the infamous letter urging MLK to commit suicide. He tied this story to the > current NSA imbroglio. > > In general the past week has been a revelation in the "whic ...

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178 [lbo-talk] Deflation as a solution to financial crisis -- rank: 1000

On Jun 11, 2013, at 6:22 PM, "JOANNA A." <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > I get how the first three work. But I don't get how deflation works. I mean, that just makes debt more burdensome. Total collapse, then start again from scratch.

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Date:	Tue Jun 11 15:29:54 PDT 2013

179 [lbo-talk] Snowden, Brooks, HUAC -- rank: 1000

On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:40 PM, "JOANNA A." <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > Interesting note from Corey Robin. > > http://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/mail?app=mail#47 not a good link - this is to your mail account perhaps?

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180 [lbo-talk] Most Americans accepting of NSA surveillance: poll -- rank: 1000

On Jun 11, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Arthur Maisel <arthurmaisel at gmail.com> wrote: > Wondering whether there will be any change when the news sinks in about NSA > collecting Google search data and browsing history, etc., and able to > *read* e-mails > (not just have a record of who sent an e-mail to whom) and observe instant > messaging as it happens, etc. They're probably ok as long as the info doesn't get to their spouse!

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