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[Carrol Cox]

I'm delighted to report an issue upon which I am in complete agreement
with Doug. "The Left" always flourishes best in a growing economy. Crash
individualizes workers as they scramble, individualistically, for survival.
I've
made this point on these lists in the past -- and as far as I know both
the French and Russian revolutions occurred during what might be called
"upticks" in the economy.

Carrol

Doug Henwood wrote:


> A couple of items from today's papers suggest that all those folks looking
> to a crash to revive the fortunes of the working class may be missing the
> charms of a strong economy.