On Sat, 10 Jun 1995, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Part of what the deficit discussion is a sorting out of "progressive
> economists'" relation to Keynes. With Marx very un-chic, many progressives
> - or, as Alex Cockburn says, pwogwessives - have embraced JMK as an
> acceptable alternative.
Then they're not much in the way of 'progressive', are they??
Which Keynes - the conservative or the radical, the
> Bastard or the Legitimate Original the Post(-)Keynesians claim to have
> rescued - isn't clear. Is this a promising thing, or a sign of weakness and
> desperation?
Wadda YOU think??? ;>
Are progressive economists, or pwogwessive economists (uh-oh,
> am I guilty of speechism?), doing anyone a favor by trying to hide, retreat
> from, or sugar coat their radical roots? Is radical uncertainty something
> one can build an intellectual and political movement on?
I think you answer your own question...
