[lbo-talk] A question I was asked, and another I've got for Doug

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Wed Sep 8 20:58:44 PDT 2004


First off, the one I was asked: "Can you point me to some cogent leftist criticism of ANSWER?"

Second, the one I have for Doug: I'm reading _One Market Under God_ right now, and am finding Frank's connection of counter-culture figures with market populism intriguing (if not universally convincing--kinda like reading Ehrenreich on the Beats). I'm curious about _After the New Economy_ (which I haven't turned up a copy of yet--gimme time), in which I know you have some criticisms of Green fundamentalism. It occurs to me that some of the justifications for market populism run parallel to Green fundamentalism, where conditions are justified on the grounds that they resemble nature or occur in nature. Do you explicitly draw this comparison in _After the New Economy_?

Okay, a third question: I'm really interested in the history of "nature" and "natural" as ideas. Can anyone point me to interesting writing on this?

All the best,

John A



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