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