Search LBO-Talk Archives

271 [lbo-talk] Definition of nation (was as if on cue) -- rank: 300

Wendy: "the fact that Europe is essentially controlled by an economic (and increasingly political and military) union which is dedicated to advancing the interests of capital *is* an obstacle to achieving the interests of the working class. How could it not be?" [WS:] My area of academic interest is social policy ...

Document Size:	10516
Author:	Wojtek S
Date:	Fri Feb 11 10:17:36 PST 2011

272 [lbo-talk] Not Sure How I Feel About This: "Dan Quayle was Right" -- rank: 300

I read it right away - I despise Dan Quayle and revile positive appeals to his legacy. My reading of it was that all the points were disposed of rather than dealt with for example, the unmarried cohabiting persons thing is disposed of by claiming that it's inherently a weaker commitment ...

Document Size:	13443
Author:	Alan P. Rudy
Date:	Thu May 31 11:47:13 PDT 2012

273 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and Chevron not bad for nature -- rank: 300

... Dec 6, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote: > > Jared Diamond always was no little bit off ...

Document Size:	12356
Author:	Left-Wing Wacko
Date:	Tue Dec 8 08:41:17 PST 2009

274 [lbo-talk] Bertrand Russell "Considered purely as a philosopher, Marx has grave shortcomings. -- rank: 300

... Aug 14, 2013 at 10:50 PM, socialismorbarbarism <socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com> wrote: > I believe Russell is trying to say that ...

Document Size:	8617
Author:	c b
Date:	Thu Aug 15 15:54:53 PDT 2013

275 [lbo-talk] Fwd: Towards a Union of the Unemployed ? -- rank: 300

... 6, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina at gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/6/09, brad bauerly <bbauerly at gmail.com> wrote: > > >>  Does anyone know the history of attempts to ...

Document Size:	6001
Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Tue Dec 8 05:59:03 PST 2009

276 [lbo-talk] the paradox of choice -- rank: 300

i wasn't talking about swarthmore students----rather barry schwartz and his analyses in his book (which i read probably 5 years ago (in my pu-bleak library-----its 50% a homeless shelter, though they now have a rule of 'no sleeping, no sex in the bathrooms or between the bookshelves ...

Document Size:	7171
Author:	mart
Date:	Sat Sep 19 06:38:19 PDT 2009

277 [lbo-talk] Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola and Chevron not bad for nature -- rank: 300

... Dec 6, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote: > > Jared Diamond always was no little bit off ...

Document Size:	9190
Author:	Alan Rudy
Date:	Sun Dec 6 20:44:01 PST 2009

278 [lbo-talk] the paradox of choice -- rank: 300

... french fries. --- On Fri, 9/18/09, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote: From: Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] the paradox of choice To ...

Document Size:	6038
Author:	mart
Date:	Fri Sep 18 17:18:48 PDT 2009

279 [lbo-talk] Meet Egypt's Future Leaders, Esam Al-Amin -- rank: 300

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> Date: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:55 PM ... Future Leaders, Esam Al-Amin To: charles brown <cb31450 at gmail.com> I fail to see what is bourgeois about the ...

Document Size:	5960
Author:	c b
Date:	Thu Feb 10 13:59:10 PST 2011

280 [lbo-talk] More on Obama and Facsism -- rank: 300

... On Fri, 9/18/09, James Leveque <leveque.james at gmail.com> wrote: > From: James Leveque <leveque.james at gmail.com> > Subject: [lbo-talk] More on Obama and Facsism > To ...

Document Size:	7621
Author:	Chris Doss
Date:	Fri Sep 18 16:50:35 PDT 2009

281 [lbo-talk] Fidel on dolphins & the Cuban model -- rank: 300

... 2010, at 8:21 PM, Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 10, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Stalinist central planning, political repression = socialism? Socialism >> isn ...

Document Size:	6533
Author:	Matthias Wasser
Date:	Fri Sep 10 17:28:45 PDT 2010

282 [lbo-talk] U.S. in Israel's corner -- rank: 300

cb: "The bourgeois democratic republican form is unstable like everything else under capitalism. Capitalism is a gaseous state.All that is solid melts into the air." Yes, but, but... whether the historical successor to the "bourgeois democratic republican form" is socialist democracy or fascism (to name two possibilities) is itself of ...

Document Size:	7338
Author:	socialismorbarbarism
Date:	Fri Jun 4 13:49:50 PDT 2010

283 [lbo-talk] Signs of the Times -- rank: 300

The sociological textbooks i have looked at, if i recall, are pretty much like what is on wikipedia----pretty generic.   I'm not all that sure of what there is to 'get wrong' in durkheim or max weber;  and even debates about marx (value, rate of profit) to me often look ...

Document Size:	10522
Author:	mart
Date:	Fri Sep 18 13:15:06 PDT 2009

284 [lbo-talk] alternatives to GDP -- rank: 300

Nothing really wrong about it in a general sense; might as well run the numbers.  But it would be like if I heard that Stiglitz and Sen (both in the ivies) were awarded the noble prize, for the discovery of north america, and no mention was made of say, columbus, or ...

Document Size:	7248
Author:	mart
Date:	Fri Sep 18 12:29:20 PDT 2009

285 [lbo-talk] [Pen-l] From the WSJ: Federal Reserve 'Doves' Beat 'Hawks' in Economic Prognosticating -- rank: 300

... 29, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2013-07-29, at 12:49 PM ...

Document Size:	9647
Author:	Robert Naiman
Date:	Mon Jul 29 13:21:01 PDT 2013