Yes, and Marx and Engels forecast imminent world communist revolution in the Communist Manifesto (there was widespread revolution in that year, but not of a communist nature).
The disciples of Jesus also expected his second coming to arrive very soon.... Barkley Rosser ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad DeLong" <jbdelong at uclink.berkeley.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 11:20 AM Subject: Re: Communication
> Wasn't the pre-WWI version of imperialism supposed to be the "highest
> stage" of capitalism?
>
>
> Brad
>
> >Doug,
> > Well, I think Ernest Mandel's book entitled
> >_Late Capitalism_ was published over 20 years ago.
> >But, hey, he's dead.
> >Barkley Rosser
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> >To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> >Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 6:38 PM
> >Subject: Re: Communication
> >
> >
> >> Dennis Robert Redmond wrote:
> >>
> >> >he *has no theory of late capitalism*
> >>
> >> When did capitalism enter its late phase? How do we know? How will we
> >> know when it's over?
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
>
>
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