BdL on BE

[Dennis Breslin]

Brad DeLong wrote:
> 
> >At 03:19 PM 6/5/01 -0400, Brad DeLong wrote:
> >>>None of these are on Ehrenreich's radar screen.
> >>>
> >>>Why not?
> >
> >A good question.  Could this have anything to do with the fact that the US
> >left is more of a bunch of idealistic, individualistic, and romantic
> >hotheads than a well organized bread-and-butter social-democratic party?
> >
> >wojtek
> 
> Nicely put...

Ehrenreich's been around for a good long time so a sidehand sweep here
is way wide the mark.  DeLong's review also misses the mark, as if
some wonky-type wielding too much theory decided that people's 
experience couldn't matter since on paper there's just so many
gov't programs and agencies looking out for the public's 
interest.  I'd wager from the vantage point of where Ehrenreich
was working, gov't is all DMV and cops in radar traps.

Dennis Breslin