[lbo-talk] Obama's sell-out of the public plan, cont'd

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 17 09:27:08 PDT 2009


On Jun 17, 2009, at 12:13 PM, SA wrote:


> BTW, the dismissal of Greenbackery is part and parcel of M&E's
> general dismissal of money and finance as somehow external to "the
> real inner workings" of capitalism.

No. Money and finance are central to the construction of scarcity and power. Mere manipulations in the monetary realm won't change productive relations or social structures, but that doesn't mean that m & f are external. "A man carries his bond with society in his pocket..."



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