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6931 [lbo-talk] Deathbed conversion of Gramsci -- rank: 1000

God, I hope this doesn't happen to me....

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Date:	Tue Nov 25 13:33:45 PST 2008

6932 [lbo-talk] Russian economy: it must be serious -- rank: 1000

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3513268/Russians-turn-away-from-vodka-in-hard-times.html > Russians turn away from vodka in hard times The global financial crisis is succeeding where many a Kremlin campaign has failed by forcing Russians to turn away from the vodka bottle. By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Last Updated: 5:52PM GMT 24 Nov 2008 Russians have such a love affair with vodka that they have built a museum dedicated to it in Moscow Photo: EPA With retailers ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 24 18:34:36 PST 2008

6933 [lbo-talk] funding the Obasm -- rank: 1000

[posted by Lou Proyect to Marxmail] Oakland Tribune - November 24, 2008 <http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_11051487> Obama brand has local roots Bay Area couple helped grow think tank By Josh Richman A liberal think tank helping to shape the incoming Obama administration's personnel and policy owes its existence in part to a pair of East Bay billionaire banking moguls. Herb and Marion Sandler made their fortune by building Oakland-based Golden West Financial Corp. ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 24 07:58:50 PST 2008

6934 [lbo-talk] Neoliberalism RIP -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Chris Doss wrote: > The WB predicts 2-3% growth for Russia next year, if that means > anything. Probably not. Based on what? The price of oil is way down and Russian markets are imploding. Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 23 18:56:46 PST 2008

6935 [lbo-talk] Neoliberalism RIP -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:27 PM, Patrick Bond wrote: > Still disagree on 'end of neoliberalism' - a dangerous conceit... I wonder what you mean by neoliberalism. We're almost certain to see tighter regulation of finance and a large Keynesian stimulus program in the U.S. and many other countries. That's a major departure from the ideology and practices of the 1980s and 1990s. Yeah, sure, it's still capitalism, but if the word neoliberalism can describe Reagan/ Thatcher in 1981 and what's evolv ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 23 18:53:24 PST 2008

6936 [lbo-talk] Neoliberalism RIP -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2008, at 5:26 PM, dredmond at efn.org wrote: > A perfect opportunity for the global periphery to dump its foreign > debt > and turn to Russia and China for long-term finance and models of > industrialization. Russia's already leaking air, and I'll bet China's not far behind. Doug

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Date:	Sun Nov 23 17:05:56 PST 2008

6937 [lbo-talk] lunacy... -- rank: 1000

On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:15 PM, W. Kiernan wrote: > What do you suppose is the purpose of publishing something as > nakedly crazy as that? Henninger himself can't possibly believe a > single word of it. I can hardly imagine that any significant > fraction of WSJ readers are idiotic enough to buy it either. I > could understand the point - trolling, for lulz - if it were on > usenet or something but the WSJ? We watched some of the WSJ editorial page show on Fox last night. It w ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 23 12:32:16 PST 2008

6938 [lbo-talk] IMF dude: worst is yet to come -- rank: 1000

IMF economist says worst of crisis to come: paper Sat Nov 22, 6:21 am ET ZURICH (Reuters) The financial crisis that has engulfed many top banks is spiraling into a broader economic crisis that has yet to peak, International Monetary Fund's top economist Olivier Blanchard told a Swiss newspaper on Saturday. Blanchard said the crisis would continue for another year and called on governments to promote fiscal expansion and on central banks to cut rates toward zero. "The worst is yet to ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 22 18:36:56 PST 2008

6939 [lbo-talk] Larry Summers invested -- rank: 1000

NEWS ALERT from The Wall Street Journal Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers will be Obama's top White House economic aide, joining Timothy Geithner in heading the new administration's economic team. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122740604807650973.html?mod=djemalertNEWS

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 22 18:34:12 PST 2008

6940 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

On Nov 22, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Shane Taylor wrote: > He is sharp and energetic, but doesn't overhauling an institution > like the Republican party require political imagination? Buckley > spoke to that. These guys are clever wonks, but that alone is no > grand new vision. The original NR manifesto was nothing if not ambitious. The Young Righties are anything but. Their problem is kind of like ours, isn't it? (By the way, it's striking how similar paragraph two of "The Magazine's ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 22 14:48:37 PST 2008

6941 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Shane Taylor wrote: >> Reihan Salam > > Why? When he was on with Corey Robin, and when I caught the latter > half of an appearance here in DC, I couldn't hear what made him so > compelling. What am I missing? A lot of people think he's the future of the intellectual right, so I was curious what he thought after the election. I sure didn't think his sales pitch was very compelling, though. Doug

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Date:	Sat Nov 22 12:29:21 PST 2008

6942 [lbo-talk] morality -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 5:14 PM, turbulo at aol.com wrote: > Because exploitation is contrary to fundamental human nature. And it > won't do to say that it can't be contrary because human beings do it > (exploit one another). Certain things people do are consonant with > what is fundamental about human beings, and certain things aren't. > Our notions about human nature are also the basis for ethics > (assuming we don't believe that morality is ordained by God). This > is why all ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 21 14:30:02 PST 2008

6943 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

BEHIND THE NEWS with Doug Henwood podcast: <http://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/radio-feed.php> iTunes: <http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=73801817 > or <http://tinyurl.com/3bsaqb> "Best Music on an Economics & Politics Radio Show" Village Voice Best of NYC 2005 -------------------------------------------------- Recently posted to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: November 20, 2008 Dan La Botz (author ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 14:28:31 PST 2008

6944 [lbo-talk] On the Threat from Religion -- rank: 1000

On Nov 21, 2008, at 3:28 PM, WD wrote: > As much as I'd like to say my politics are rooted in some core set of > principles, I think that'd be pretty dishonest. Just like anyone else > here, I can give you plenty of reasons why I oppose capitalism, but I > suspect my attitudes on just about everything (including capitalism) > are more the product of things beyond my control -- experiences in > childhood, race, class, sexuality, etc. -- than any autonomous > reasoning on my ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 21 12:45:24 PST 2008

6945 [lbo-talk] lunacy... -- rank: 1000

...from the WSJ's Daniel Henninger <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122714101083742715.html> What really went missing through the subprime mortgage years were the three Rs: responsibility, restraint and remorse. They are the ballast that stabilizes two better-known Rs from the world of free markets: risk and reward. Responsibility and restraint are moral sentiments. Remorse is a product of conscience. None of these grow on trees. Each must be learned, taught, passed down. And so we co ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 21 12:23:49 PST 2008