Glad to see that Doug found Roemer's book irritating. I sure did. But I
also found many pen-lers responses to Roemer's book -- not to speak of
the little club that Erik Olin Wright organized to comment on the book --
even more irritating.
For your interest, Doug, I vented all my spleen on the subject in a book
review in the October issue of Z. Except for the fact that Z editors deleted
a paragraph that explained what Roemer had done in one of his chapters but
left in my critique of what he did, I stand by the article.
I also marvel at progressives who can look at the world today and not be
struck by the obvious need to have fewer markets -- even zero in the limit.
