ERPE, Vol. 3

Max Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Tue Jan 11 10:32:18 PST 2000


ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY (ERPE) VOLUME 3 By Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky and Vladimir Crapulinski

Famous Economists

J. Barkley Rosser -- prominent radical economist

John B. Rosser -- persuasive advocate of free trade

H.C.K. Liu -- capitalist communist proponent of Chinese capitalist road to communism

Doug Henwood -- noted populist commentator

Louis Proyect -- tribune of oppressed Columbia University students

Michael Perelman -- radical economics' answer to Stephen King

Trade Theory

foreign direct investment -- channel for imperialist exploitation of less-developed countries (LDCs) by U.S., Europe, and Japan

internationalism -- opposition to labor-protectionist designs to deny foreign direct investment to less-developed nations

Gross Domestic Product -- inferior or misleading measure of economic development

free trade -- short of socialism, best way for LDC's to expand their economies [see GDP]

Labor Economics

international labor standards -- imperialist plan to subjugate LDCs.

labor, exploitation of -- lack of adherence to international labor standards

U.S. minimum wage -- progressive demand

Chinese minimum wage -- reactionary demand

international minimum wage -- imperialism in disguise [see Internationalism]

Trade Unionism

trade unions under socialism -- pain in the ass [cf. Democracy]

labor imperialism -- support for U.S. role in Vietnam

Chinese military invasion of Vietnam -- tragic misunderstanding among friends

right to organize -- progressive demand, except where trade unions are illegal

Political Theory

anarchism -- revolutionary opposition to capitalism

planned economy -- revolutionary solution to capitalism

reforms -- impossible under capitalism

revolution -- only way to get reforms

Post-Modernism

Zizek -- nephew of Skeeziks [cf. Gasoline Alley]

Lacan -- French for lavatory

Lyotard -- [cf. Victoria's Secret]

postumism -- huh?

two gender model -- obsolete

four-gender model -- available with spoiler, leather, and dual exhaust



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