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

[shag carpet bomb]

At 01:44 AM 7/18/2011, Mike Beggs wrote:
>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

but lbo83225 carries the torch!

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