[lbo-talk] must the molecules fear?

[John Thornton]

Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Oct 10, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Eric wrote:
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>>> Naomi Klein, a white woman well under 50, makes a big deal of it.
>>
>> Yeah. What's her story anyway?
>
> She seems to want to make the "neoliberal" era seem like more of a 
> break with its predecessor than is warranted. So now the capitalists 
> just lie and steal, unlike the good old days when they ran production?
>
> Doug 

Speaking of the good old days has anyone recently been doing any reading 
about late 19th century capitalism?
I read Martin Sklar's excellent book "The Corporate Reconstruction of 
American Capitalism" many years ago but that's really the only book 
related to the subject I have read.
I'm looking for writing concerning the social history of American 
capitalism before the Progressive Era which Sklar's book doesn't really 
cover.
Anyone read anything good on the subject that they can recommend?
I find myself having quite a bit of free time lately and with cold 
weather is just around the corner I feel like I can easily justify 
reading several books on the subject.

John Thornton