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1831 [lbo-talk] what? me benefit? -- rank: 1000

Almost half of Social Security recipients think they've never benefited from a government social program, etc.: http://lbo-news.com/2011/07/21 /what-me-benefit/

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Date:	Thu Jul 21 13:32:08 PDT 2011

1832 [lbo-talk] infrastructure -- rank: 1000

On Jul 21, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Miles Jackson wrote: > A very serious sociological topic. The use of "phony" as a pejorative term works because people in our society are expected to have an authentic, unique essence "beneath" their social roles ("the real me"). The 60th anniversary of the publication of Catcher in the Rye was last Saturday, I believe. Maybe we're all just celebrating. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jul 21 09:42:03 PDT 2011

1833 [lbo-talk] Aaron Swartz indicted -- rank: 1000

Friend of LBO and all-around good guy Aaron Swartz indicted. Via nettime: > Hi! Aaron Swartz Internet activist (and friend) has been arrested for > downloading too many journal articles from the Library. Please sign > the petition of suport and help to spread the word, Mayo > > NY Times article: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/reddit-co-founder-charged-with-data-theft/ > > //// Aaron Swartz charged for downloading too many journal articles > from the Library //// ...

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Date:	Tue Jul 19 15:40:46 PDT 2011

1834 [lbo-talk] Gerhard Hanloser Critique of Moishe Postone on Antisemitism -- rank: 1000

On Jul 18, 2011, at 3:33 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > Well, as a reader of Pound I've certainly noticed this. But the connection partly depends on the existence of active anti-semitism within the culture from which the political movements emerge. For sure, but these videos - like The Money Masters, which really made the phones ring during WBAI fundraisers - traffic mainly in a lite anti-semitism. They don't go on about The Jews specifically, but they use a lot of language that evokes classic anti ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 12:42:26 PDT 2011

1835 [lbo-talk] Open Letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist by Joan Robinson -- rank: 1000

On Jul 18, 2011, at 2:53 PM, c b wrote: > What Carrol has a "fetish" for is presenting his anti-Marxist > ideas "Marxism" ( including especially the oh so typical petit > bourgeois intellectual's characterization of rigorous adherence to the > fundamental ideas of Marx's science as "religion"). I'm not sure why I bother, but if you're going to play the Marx game, Old Karl would find your apologias for Obama to be ludicrous and mockable. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 12:05:23 PDT 2011

1836 [lbo-talk] CT on Henwood vs. Yglesias -- rank: 1000

On Jul 18, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > This is wrong in the particulars as a correspondent has pointed out to me, > Yglesias has repeatedly called for employment-boosting infrastructure > projects and the like. B I plead guilty to ignorance about Yglesias Thought. Funny, he's responding all over CT, but not directly to me. I guess I shouldn't have called him a hack. Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 11:54:49 PDT 2011

1837 [lbo-talk] Gerhard Hanloser Critique of Moishe Postone on Antisemitism -- rank: 1000

On Jul 18, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > A recent heated debate with a friend of mine about the recent social movements in Greece prompted me to translate this article. I argued that the attacks upon financial institutions and "foreign powers" do not constitute Antisemitism, as Antisemitism necessarily entails some targeting of Jews. Furthermore, unlike Antisemitism, the Greek protestors are not delusional: part of the current misery in Greece is **indeed** the result of ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 11:50:44 PDT 2011

1838 [lbo-talk] Open Letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist by Joan Robinson -- rank: 1000

On Jul 18, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Jim Farmelant quoted Joan Robinson: > The radical has to be well versed in Sraffa > and Kalecki if he is going to take them on. I've tried several times to read Sraffa and was bored to death. What am I missing? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 11:34:25 PDT 2011

1839 [lbo-talk] Andy Stern: I wasn't right-wing enough -- rank: 1000

http://forward.com/articles/139289/ Former Union President Andy Stern Says He Was Too Tough on Banks at SEIU By Josh Nathan-Kazis Andy Stern has had a change of heart. Once the president of the most politically influential of America s progressive labor organizations, and the most prominent Jewish leader in the labor movement, Stern now thinks he was too hard on private equity and banks. Stern is also backing a proposed tax break for American companies keeping revenues abroad, a pro-business ini ...

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 06:09:57 PDT 2011

1840 [lbo-talk] Open Letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist by Joan Robinson -- rank: 1000

On Jul 18, 2011, at 1:44 AM, Mike Beggs quoted Jesse Schwartz: > becoming one with the river. Why would anyone want to do that? Doug

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 06:05:30 PDT 2011

1841 [lbo-talk] no Warren -- rank: 1000

Surprise, surprise: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/richard-cordray-expected-to-be-named-head-of-consumer-agency/2011/07/17/gIQAP41zJI_story.html Obama to nominate Richard Cordray for consumer agency, bypassing Warren

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Date:	Mon Jul 18 04:55:26 PDT 2011

1842 [lbo-talk] Open Letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist by Joan Robin son -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2011, at 4:48 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > Anytime some self-proclaimed critic of Marx speaks of an alleged "labor theory of value" by Marx, i.e. anytime they demonstrate that they think "Marx" is the German word for "Ricardo", that's an indication that they have nothing serious to say about Marx. > > So thank you for helping me to reach the decision that this lifetime is too short for reading Joan Robinson. Wow, that's quite a leap. Who knew you w ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 17 15:02:37 PDT 2011

1843 [lbo-talk] Krugman: "The question then is why." -- rank: 1000

On Jul 16, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > Agreed. It's curious to see Wojtek indicting as vulgar economic determinists precisely those who say the Obama administration could have taken a different course well within the constraints imposed on it by American capitalism. I don't share the Trotskyist view, dating back in the 30's, that the crisis of the working class is essentially a "crisis of leadership", but it seems to me the 2008 election was one of those infrequent histo ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 17 10:36:53 PDT 2011

1844 [lbo-talk] Open Letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist by Joan Robinson -- rank: 1000

On Jul 17, 2011, at 1:19 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > http://crookedtimber.org/2011/07/17/what-i-mean-is-that-i-have-marx-in-my-bones-and-you-have-him-in-your-mouth/ > > They somehow completely bungle both Mike's first and last name. The direct > link with an introduction by Mike is here: http://jacobinmag.com/blog/?p=632 Nice piece, Mike. Is there a Joan Robinson Appreciation Society? I read a lot of her when I was researching Wall Street and was greatly impressed. But does she hav ...

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Date:	Sun Jul 17 10:33:31 PDT 2011

1845 [lbo-talk] Democrats drop the collective bargaining issue in the recall campaigns -- rank: 1000

On Jul 15, 2011, at 3:08 PM, // ravi wrote: > That was probably the strategy of Hitler s opponents in Germany. :-) The trouble for us citizens is that there is no such thing as right-wing nuttery . There s just right-wing > all the way down to the gas chambers, exerting it s constant gravitational pull on the centre. Yes? Maybe, maybe not. Remember the Nazis thrived on the fact that there were militant left wingers that scared a bunch of the population - and they hijacked their socialist ...

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Date:	Fri Jul 15 12:13:32 PDT 2011