Barkley on WTO, etc

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 21 12:10:55 PST 1999


Rakesh Bhandari wrote:


>Of course you haven't rejected radical macro arguments in theory. However,
>it is clear that no one is listening to you, leading you, EPI, and post
>keynesian AFL-CIO types to get in bed with Buchananites since aggressive
>trade nationalism is the only respectable politically viable way of dealing
>with real, as opposed to official, unemployment.

You have info on the sleeping habits of "AFL-CIO types"?

Rakesh, I'm curious about something. The Old Man said we make history but not with the tools of our own choosing. One of the tools we've been bequeathed is a highly imperfect labor movement. What do you do with this tool? Reject it as the devil's agent, or work with it where you can, and do what you can to enlighten it?

If you reject it, what institutions to you propose to use to change this hideous world we live in?

Doug



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