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556 [lbo-talk] the Grundrisse and credit. -- rank: 1000

On Jan 14, 2012, at 2:24 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > I don't understand why it's missing. Doesn't Graeber clearly distinguish between the use of credit pre and post capitalism? No, I don't think so. Must look back but I don't recall much sense of how credit, which is age old, fits differently into not merely capitalist production but also relationships of ownership.

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Date:	Sat Jan 14 12:41:15 PST 2012

557 [lbo-talk] the Grundrisse and credit. -- rank: 1000

On Jan 14, 2012, at 7:17 AM, nathan tankus wrote: > is this element what people (eg Doug and Julio) think is missing from > Graeber's work and analysis? Yup. Bingo. God, the Grundrisse. Can't beat that stuff. Doug

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Date:	Sat Jan 14 06:37:35 PST 2012

558 [lbo-talk] The current context -- rank: 1000

On Jan 6, 2012, at 4:00 AM, Tahir Wood wrote: > Hi Doug, everyone > > Thanks for having me back on this list. Sorry. Didn't notice this post languishing in the approval queue for a week. No censorship or slight intended. More on the substance tomorrow; must go to bed now. Doug

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Date:	Fri Jan 13 20:42:34 PST 2012

559 [lbo-talk] Any (Modern) Greek speakers can help me out? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 13, 2012, at 12:13 PM, James Heartfield wrote: > Are there any (Modern) Greek speakers who can help me out with something? > > I want to identify this protest, here: > > http://www.heartfield.org/protest.jpg > > So if anyone knows what event it is, or can tell me what the banner says, I would be very grateful. You know you can upload a photo or submit a URL to Google and do an image search on it? Top hit, translated by Google: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl= ...

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Date:	Fri Jan 13 10:02:17 PST 2012

560 [lbo-talk] Home for Two Days -- rank: 1000

On Jan 12, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Carrol Cox wrote: > On anti-biotic infusion every 8 hours for 6 weeks. Taking effect in wobbly > style; left wrist still prevents fast typing. I have no time for anything substantive, but welcome back. We missed you, you old crank. Doug

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Date:	Thu Jan 12 18:37:56 PST 2012

561 [lbo-talk] least helpful -- rank: 1000

On Jan 12, 2012, at 2:30 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > Or like my freshmen used to say: "This book is about life itself." The review of Mrs Dalloway is pretty funny.

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Date:	Thu Jan 12 11:41:07 PST 2012

562 [lbo-talk] clarification on Amazon links -- rank: 1000

On Jan 12, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Andy wrote: > Other people with Amazon links for books have written that they don't > just get a cut of whatever is in the link, but anything that is > purchased some 24 hours after visiting it. In other words, you could > follow the link, then come back later and order a Ferrari and whoever > provided the original link would get a cut. Does it still work like > that? I thought it wasn't 24 hrs, just the same browsing session. I wish someone would ...

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Date:	Thu Jan 12 07:14:22 PST 2012

563 [lbo-talk] Sachs still a tool -- rank: 1000

On Jan 11, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Eric Beck wrote: > Wasn't there some discussion here recently about whether Jeffrey Sachs > could be useful to anticapitalist movements? This article should > settle that debate. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/opinion/nigeria-hurtles-into-a-tense-crossroad.html Exactly what is so horrible about this? > The fears of corruption are absolutely understandable, but glimmers of hope that this time will be different are also in the air. When Nig ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 11 17:01:02 PST 2012

564 [lbo-talk] structural racism/sexism -- rank: 1000

On Jan 11, 2012, at 3:07 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > I couldn't find any data on income, only age. From the NH Polls, Paul > didn't get that much support from young people. Gingrich actually led > among youth. Actually, no. http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/states/new-hampshire/exit-polls Paul got 46% of the 18-29 vote. Romney got 26%. Gingrich, 3%. Paul got 31% of the lowest income category, tied with Romney. > but as for what Rose was talking about, she was talking abo ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 11 14:58:21 PST 2012

565 [lbo-talk] structural racism/sexism -- rank: 1000

On Jan 11, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Alan Rudy wrote: > You may be right about what Paul's talking about, Doug, but given the > wider aggrieved rhetoric of Republicans, many self-styled independents and > a raft of Democrats it seems far more likely that Paul is _heard_ in > Shag's/Patricia Rose's register than in the one towards which you've nodded. That's not what the exit polls are showing. Paul gets a younger, less well-off demographic. These are precisely the sorts who worry about surve ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 11 10:13:09 PST 2012

566 [lbo-talk] source of Trotsky quote? -- rank: 1000

On Jan 11, 2012, at 11:26 AM, nathan tankus wrote: > This is the reference i found. > > "The tactical, or of you will 'technical' task was quite simple-grab > every fascist or every isolated group of fascists by their collars, > acquaint them with the pavement a few times, strip them of their > fascist insignia and documents and without carrying things any > further, leave them with their fright and a few black and blue marks" > -ultraleft tactics in fighting th ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 11 09:01:53 PST 2012

567 [lbo-talk] Dean Baker on The Myth of Japan?s Failure - NYTimes.com -- rank: 1000

On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Gar Lipow <gar.lipow at gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/the-japan-story > > Dean Baker agrees that Shadowstats are garbage (not his exact words, > but a good enough paraphrase). However, he thinks that problems with > the Japanese economy, though real, have been exaggerated. Curious to > know if Doug agrees. Sorry, missed this earlier. Poverty is up in Japan, and real unemployment is higher than it lo ...

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Date:	Wed Jan 11 07:37:15 PST 2012

568 [lbo-talk] structural racism/sexism -- rank: 1000

On Jan 10, 2012, at 9:28 PM, shag carpet bomb wrote: > Patricia Rose on Ron Paul's racism, paraphrase: > > Paul doesn't have to say heinous, obviously racist things any more to blow a dog whistle to his white supporters. He jsut has to say things like, "our freedom has eroded in the last 100 years." The only people for whom that even seems to make sense are white upper middle, professional-managerial class men. Freedom has expanded for white women, men and women of color, LGBT ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 10 18:44:11 PST 2012

569 [lbo-talk] The Myth of Japan?s Failure - NYTimes.com -- rank: 1000

On Jan 10, 2012, at 2:30 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote: > One side effect of high unemployment is to shift the discussion about work to a discussion about the virtue of having a job and the moral failure of those who don't manage to get one or, god forbid, don't even want one any more. > > Fact is, nobody wants a job. What people really want is to have meaningful work that sustains their society and allows them to grow and mature as human beings. Instead, we get this endless churn abo ...

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Date:	Tue Jan 10 12:04:01 PST 2012

570 [lbo-talk] The Myth of Japan?s Failure - NYTimes.com -- rank: 1000

On Jan 10, 2012, at 12:52 PM, // ravi wrote: > My doubt is not so much about where to draw the line but what I catch with that line i.e., is this a significant statistic to gather? The central point of these monthly employment figures is to measure the state of the labor market - tight or slack, wages rising or flat, which sectors are strong and/or weak, etc. They're not mainly about measuring material welfare or its absence. For that, we've got lots of yearly measures, mainly from the Census ...

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