[lbo-talk] Left-neoliberalism: a bold strategy for the year 1999

[Eric Beck]

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> MattYg: "I keep coming across odd columns urging us to try to emulate the alleged successes of Chinese central planning." Sure, why not?
>
> "Alleged"?

This seems to be an undercurrent of lots of Western, especially
leftish, lit on China: that the Chinese guv is cooking the books.
Possibly, but not by a lot. And even if it were a lot, "alleged" is
embarrassing.