I recall in one of his books that Sraffa asked Galbraith to fly him back to Italy so that he could be part of the revolution. Galbraith wrote that a revolution led by Sraffa would be wondrous to behold -- a revolution or nothing would be done.
On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 12:43:53AM +0100, Daniel Davies wrote: > god I hope so. That period was the high-water mark of economics. It was > the last moment when economists were regularly, publicly, making important > predictions which were right (cf Keynes "Essays In Persuasion"). If there > can be a film abut John Nash that wins Oscars, surely to Christ it is not > beyond the wit of man to turn men like Sweezy and Galbraith into movie > heroes. > > dd > > -----Original Message----- > > A lot of interesting people were involved in the anti-Nazi war effort: > Paul Baran, Paul Sweezy, Herbert Marcuse, Sterling Hayden, etc. Is > there a movie somewhere in that? -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
