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2146 [lbo-talk] as if on cue -- rank: 1000

On Feb 2, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > "Scratch a Bolshevik," Lenin growled, "and find a Great Russian chauvinist." > Stalin's formula is filled with error but still not a bad place tos start. > > Carrol > > -----Original Message----- > From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] > On Behalf Of c b > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 2:39 PM > To: lbo-talk > Subject: [lbo-talk] as if on cue > & ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 2 13:39:23 PST 2011

2147 [lbo-talk] What's going on with the IMF ? -- rank: 1000

Popular version: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2010/12/Kumhof.htm Conclusion: Restoring equality by redistributing income from the rich to the poor would not only please the Robin Hoods of the world, but could also help save the global economy from another major crisis.

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Date:	Wed Feb 2 06:47:53 PST 2011

2148 [lbo-talk] What's going on with the IMF ? -- rank: 1000

On Feb 2, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Ira Glazer wrote: > " The IMF has published a paper entitled *Inequality, Leverage and > Crisis*arguing that the extreme gap between rich and poor with > echoes of the US > in the late 1920s was an underlying cause of the Great Recession from > 2008-2009. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2010/wp10268.pdf IMF Working Paper Research Department Inequality, Leverage and Crises Prepared by Michael Kumhof and Romain Rancière Authorized for dist ...

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Date:	Wed Feb 2 06:45:52 PST 2011

2149 [lbo-talk] health advice -- rank: 1000

http://www.theawl.com/2011/02/government-politely-asks-americans-to-not-be-such-fat-fucks THINGS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN Government Politely Asks Americans To Not Be Such Fat Fucks by Alex Balk on February 1st, 2011 The government has unveiled a novel solution in the war against obesity, suggesting that Americans might be better off if they somehow managed to shove considerably less shit down their ample, gaping maws, and if they made an effort to somehow ensure that the shit they continued to sh ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 10:34:57 PST 2011

2150 [lbo-talk] voters have no idea... -- rank: 1000

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2011/voters_underestimate_how_much_u_s_spends_on_defense or http://liten.be//zswPj Voters Underestimate How Much U.S. Spends on Defense Tuesday, February 01, 2011 Voters are fairly evenly divided as to whether the federal government spends too much or too little on national defense, but most also appear to dramatically underestimate how much is actually spent. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey s ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 08:41:06 PST 2011

2151 [lbo-talk] the awfulness of U.S. politics in eight short grafs -- rank: 1000

[from The Note] Mitt Romney To Obama: 'Press The Pause Button' On Health Care By MICHAEL FALCONE and AMY WALTER In the wake of yesterday's ruling by a federal judge in Florida declaring the new health care law unconstitutional, potential 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney vigorously defended a similar plan he helped pass as governor of Massachusetts in 2006. "I'm not apologizing for it, I'm indicating that we went in one direction and there are other possible directions," Romney s ...

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Date:	Tue Feb 1 06:47:17 PST 2011

2152 [lbo-talk] A liberal geek defense of Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Michael Smith wrote: >> At 11:14 AM 12/31/2011, Doug Henwood wrote: > >>> It was not completely fanciful to expect that Obama would have been a >>> little stronger - more a Teddy Roosevelt Progressive > > I certainly thought it was at the time -- fanciful, I mean. If you > actually listened to the words instead of the chord changes, he told us > pretty clearly where he was coming from. Words words words. LBJ was the peace candid ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 13:03:53 PST 2011

2153 [lbo-talk] A liberal geek defense of Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2011, at 11:35 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > but you're not mad or angry at him. that's the key. you aren't all worked up about it, as if there was some sort of betrayal. God no. In some sense I'm grateful - there'd probably be no Occupy without him.

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 08:54:50 PST 2011

2154 [lbo-talk] A liberal geek defense of Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

On Dec 31, 2011, at 11:08 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > as for people being mad at Obama as some sort of sign that they're not Liberals... I'd say that anyone who is disappointed in Obama is obviously a Liberal. A liberal actually takes these jokers seriously! Actually thought Obama would be different? Actually projected all those hopes and dreams on the guy? THAT's a liberal! It was not completely fanciful to expect that Obama would have been a little stronger - more a Teddy Roosevelt Progre ...

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Date:	Sat Dec 31 08:14:27 PST 2011

2155 [lbo-talk] A liberal geek defense of Ron Paul -- rank: 1000

On Dec 30, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > Yves Smith I never figured this out until someone (her agent) told me, but her pen name is a play on Adam Smith. She wanted to female him in a male sort of way. Doug

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Date:	Fri Dec 30 14:21:36 PST 2011

2156 [lbo-talk] NYC Capital study group -- rank: 1000

[from Loren Goldner] A new study group on Marx's Capital is forming in the New York City area, starting in mid-January. We will meet on Thursday nights, every other week, starting either Jan. 12 or Jan. 19. Location to be determined. We will begin with some of Marx's pre-Capital writings from the 1840's and 1850's as essential background. There will be about 100 pages of reading per session. The group will be highly participatory, with all members expected to do 15-20 minute presentations on asp ...

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Date:	Fri Dec 30 08:14:03 PST 2011

2157 [lbo-talk] The German Debate on the Monetary Theory of Value -- rank: 1000

On Dec 28, 2011, at 10:21 AM, nathan tankus wrote: > "I'd like to develop this, and I'm away from the book and my mind is > on vacation, but does Graeber really distinguish how debt works under > capitalism from how it works in non-capitalist societies? " > > I think so. But this is pretty ancient stuff that you quote. And mostly the debt = bondage aspects. The notion of credit stretching the limits to capital is missing, isn't it? Doug

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Date:	Wed Dec 28 07:27:31 PST 2011

2158 [lbo-talk] The German Debate on the Monetary Theory of Value -- rank: 1000

On Dec 28, 2011, at 9:47 AM, nathan tankus wrote: > "The logical and historical precedence of commodity money over fiat > money (I know Graeber thinks differently, but I am unimpressed with > his understanding of the issues, and I'm past the mid point of his > book) is akin to the logical and historical precedence of commodity > production with respect to capitalist production proper. " really? you > don't think he has a real grasp of the issues? I find that surprisin ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 28 06:53:30 PST 2011

2159 [lbo-talk] Journal Access -- rank: 1000

On Dec 28, 2011, at 4:55 AM, Ismail Lagardien wrote: > I am desperately trying to gain access to scholarly magazines.... It sucks to be out of the system. If anyone in North America or Europe has access to the following article, would you care to download and send it to me as an attachment, please? > > Howard S. Becker Categories and Comparisons: How We Find Meaning in Photographs Visual Anthropology Review, Volume 14. Issue 2. September 1998 (Pages 3 - 10) Yale alums now have free acce ...

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Date:	Wed Dec 28 06:36:37 PST 2011

2160 [lbo-talk] The German Debate on the Monetary Theory of Value -- rank: 1000

On Dec 27, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > BTW, on the side issue of the necessity of a physical money commodity, there are differences of opinion between supporters of the monetary interpretation of Marx's value theory. I don't really have a strong opinion either way, as the "physical money commodity" debate isn't of much interest of me, as ever since the end of the Bretton Woods system, we've been living de facto without a money commodity, which is good enough for me in ...

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Date:	Tue Dec 27 13:06:18 PST 2011