[lbo-talk] Open Letter from a Keynesian to a Marxist by Joan Robinson

[Mike Beggs]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM, michael perelman
<michael.perelman3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Last I heard, Jesse Schwartz was growing heirloom apples.  I
> appreciate that but I would have preferred that he continued with his
> political economy.

Ha - that actually doesn't surprise me too much given his manner in
the intro to the book:

"By certain rituals, we are told, it is possible for the Shaman to
fall into a state of ecstasy, a temporary liberation from time and the
space restrictions of the body, wherein he can heal the sick and
divine the future... A political economist should be like a Shaman...
In this future society, people will create garden cities - temples fit
for the human spirit - and they will experience holistic healing in
place of the medicine of commerce, so that they can dance, moving
their arms and bodies freely, in clear air and sunlight, becoming one
with the river." (pp. 12-13)

Really a different time!

Anyway I'm overposting now...

Mike