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Carrol Cox wrote: > So what is the purpose of this endless chatter about the state of the > economy? > I think Csrrol might be confused over something. In the earliest days of the Great Depression, the shock of mass unemployment left workers demoralized and at odds about what to do. It was only when there was an uptick in the economy that they began to gain self-confidence and embark on the drive to organize industrial unions. Needless to say, this has little to do with our situation today. I think it is important for us to analyze the economy, without respect to the immediate political impact in any case. We analyze crisis in order to understand the world we live in, just as we analyze climate change, new patterns of imperialist penetration, how capitalism originated, the latest Coen Brothers movie, the state of organized religion, etc. We should take our cue from the writings of CLR James, Mariategui and Gramsci who when they sat down with pen in hand, it was not always to draft a preconvention discussion article. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
