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No problems here either. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Alistair Boyd-Bell <andrens...@gmail.com>wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > These articles seem to be behind a paywall, is this the case for anyone > else? > On Aug 18, 2011 5:51 AM, "Louis Proyect" <l...@panix.com> wrote: > > ====================================================================== > > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > ====================================================================== > > > > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/stefan-collini/from-robbins-to-mckinsey > > > > Stefan Collini > > The Dismantling of the Universities > > > > Since perhaps the 1970s, certainly the 1980s, official discourse > > has become increasingly colonised by an economistic idiom, which > > is derived not strictly from economic theory proper, but rather > > from the language of management schools, business consultants and > > financial journalism. British society has been subject to a > > deliberate campaign, initiated in free-market think tanks in the > > 1960s and 1970s and pushed strongly by business leaders and > > right-wing commentators ever since, to elevate the status of > > business and commerce and to make ‘contributing to economic > > growth’ the overriding goal of a whole swathe of social, cultural > > and intellectual activities which had previously been understood > > and valued in other terms. > > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/corey-robin/the-war-on-tax > > > > Corey Robin > > Downgrading Obama > > > > The debt crisis confronting the Obama administration is the > > product of war and taxes. There is little dispute that the origins > > of the crisis predate Obama’s election. When George W. Bush took > > office in 2001, the US had a $2 trillion budget surplus. Many > > believed that if the country merely continued on the path set by > > Bill Clinton, the national debt, then $5.7 trillion, would be > > eliminated by the end of the decade. Bush chose a different way. > > > > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/thomas-powers/too-fast > > > > Thomas Powers > > Malcolm X > > > > How to be black in America was the challenge for spirited young > > men of colour who found their way to Harlem in the troubled years > > of the 1940s, when music, poetry, dance and art were giving way to > > drink, drugs, street crime and sex for money. Malcolm Little’s > > first impulse was to cut loose in the big city where he found > > himself soon after his 17th birthday in 1942. > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > > Set your options at: > > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/andrensath%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/gulfmann%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
