[lbo-talk] Empire And The Capitalists: Not In One Accord?

[Doug Henwood]

Jeet Heer wrote:


>This is really interesting. I would like to know what the economists among
>us think of this argument. Brad? Michael? Doug?

He's got a point. But: 1) Roach's view is a minority on Wall Street, 
2) I'm not sure Soros, Buffett, and Gates are representative of the 
U.S. ruling class, and 3) I think he exaggerates U.S. economic 
weakness - who's doing better?

Doug