Politicization Then and Now (Re: [lbo-talk] Alito & disability

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 17 08:27:37 PST 2006


Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


>The New Deal was imposed from above by the progressive elements of the
>ruling class who saw that (i) the old system has serious flaws that can
>bring the national economy to its knees; and (ii) government "dirigisme"
>(taking various forms, Keynesianism, welfare state, central planning) was
>the cutting edge economic thinking ca. 1930 that seem to provide a cure to
>these systemic flaws.

Well, there were also autoworkers occupying factories and the example of the USSR, which was growing rapidly. I doubt the US elite, even the progressive branch, would have done the New Deal purely on its own.

Doug



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