I think Mandel was being optimistic for a Marxist of Trotskyist bent, that capitalism was nearing its end. Well, ain't happened yet. But, I do not think that it is turning into a fine Pauillac either. Barkley Rosser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:21 AM Subject: Re: Communication
> J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Well, I think Ernest Mandel's book entitled
> >_Late Capitalism_ was published over 20 years ago.
> >But, hey, he's dead.
>
> Yup, not only do I own a copy, I've even read it. But the concept has
> never made much sense to me. Besides, it's over 20 years later. Does
> that mean capitalism is just ripening to a rich maturity, like a
> classic Paulliac, or is it another day closer to death?
>
> Doug
>