One need only change the dates (a relatively trivial matter) in a number of books and articles published in the 1950s or '60s. Understanding capitalism does not include being able to say _when_ X will happen; only that X _will_ or _must_ happen.
Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Perelman, Michael Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 2:03 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] "Few economists saw our current crisis coming, ... " Weird, I gave Krugman a copy of The Confiscation of American Prosperity from Right Wing Extremism and Economic Ideology to the Next Great Depression, published in October 2007. I told him he might look at a review that compared it favorably to one of his. I never heard from him. Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail [email protected] michaelperelman.wordpress.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugene Coyle Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 11:37 AM To: Pen-l Pen-L Subject: [Pen-l] "Few economists saw our current crisis coming, ... " That's a line from a Krugman column from 2009, essentially repeated in today's (4/17/15) Krugman column. It seems that a search of PEN-L archives would put the lie to that. A number on Pen-l saw it coming and so posted to the list. Gene _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
