[lbo-talk] Soros, Volcker, Depression, Nationalization

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Sun Feb 22 18:31:18 PST 2009


turbulo at aol.com wrote:
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> It was also interesting that, while to Harvey the prospects for
> socialism seem to depend mainly upon current thinking in academic and
> government circles,

I very much hope you misunderstood what he was saying. I have immense respect for Harvey and have learned a great deal from his books and articles, but this remark is inexpressably cretinish. Academics and government officials (at least some of them) _do_ begin to attach themselves to a mass movement (whether for reform or revolution) as it grows, but they are _never_ the forerunners of such movements. Ub the jargon, they are lagging indicators.

Carrol



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