Michael Perelman wrote: >Whether you agree with RM, postmodernism, Leninist, >Trostskyist, or Stalinist politics is not as important as getting >something real done when, as in the U.S., Clinton and the Republicans >can sit down in a room and negotiate a budget, leaving Dick Gephart to >represent the people. We are in a sorry fix and need to get something >done. Michael, I appreciate your call for comradely amity, but these are serious issues that need to be discussed. Is this "sorry fix" we're in a function, even in part, of a bad set of theories that have led to bad political mistakes? Since a great deal of "postmodernism" has been about the denial of political economy - Foucault said it was a 19th century concern, since we've been transformed from beings who labor into beings who speak - shouldn't political economists talk about that? Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
