Save us from 60s Nostalgia (RE: Sweeney DefendsGoreEndorsement

[William S. Lear]

On Thursday, February 17, 2000 at 01:32:53 (-0500) Doug Henwood writes:
>Paul Krugman wrote:
>
>>because the
>>developing world is still so poor, what looks to careless observers like
>>exploitation is often far better than the alternative.
>
>Reading something like this makes me wish there was a Hell for the 
>author to burn in.

But Doug, aren't you fond of quoting (approvingly, I think) Joan
Robinson to the effect of the only thing worse than being exploited
under capitalism is to not be exploited?

Naturally, though, I do share your opinion that Krugman should rot in
a flaming pit of pulped copies of the American Economic Review.

Bill