The left: still dying (was Re: European Unions)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Apr 8 12:48:40 PDT 2001


Chuck0 wrote:


>Dennis wrote:
>
>> While I'm on this thread, I meant to compliment Doug yesterday for his
>> ability to put complicated economic concepts into plain English. That is one
>> of the reasons why I joined this list. I'm always learning from Doug, and it
>> surprises me that he's so down on "simplicity." He's one of the few writers
>> on the left who distills ideas so cleanly and clearly.
>
>Doug is an excellent writer who deserves to be emulated by academic
>writers.

Well thanks all around, but I couldn't have written it without all those academic jargon-spewers everyone loves to hate.

When it comes to jargon, there's no one worse than bourgeois economists. They make Fred Jameson read like Hemingway.

Doug



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