Re: [Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == Alistair Boyd-Bell on an apparent LRB total paywall: >>New Zealand, actually. I'll try again when I'm at a proper computer, it might >>just be for smartphones<< Here in Australia I've read it on my personal device on the commute on occasion (good for loading an article just before you go underground, because then you'd get a decent length read while out of signal), both when I subscribed for some years, and more recently when I let it lapse. They usually have 3 articles free out of about 7 or 8 which isn't bad. I found subscribing worthwhile at the student rate, even with postage to Australia, particularly because after a year you can each year nominate a friend for a free year's sub. I originally got a free sub via my mum from this offer. Some people might do this and then split the bill. This would make it for an Australian student about A$50 for about 22 issues a year, good value for what you get (and I still like a nicely designed print publication to read an extended piece over a screen) including access to their 30 year archive. Working full time now and running out of people to share with I regretfully can't justify what would be more like A$200. Some might demand everything online should be free, but I doubt this lot are in the game to get rich. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == No problems here either. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Alistair Boyd-Bell wrote: > == > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > == > > > These articles seem to be behind a paywall, is this the case for anyone > else? > On Aug 18, 2011 5:51 AM, "Louis Proyect" wrote: > > == > > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > > == > > > > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/stefan-collini/from-robbins-to-mckinsey > > > > Stefan Collini > > The Dismantling of the Universities > > > > Since perhaps the 1970s, certainly the 1980s, official discourse > > has become increasingly colonised by an economistic idiom, which > > is derived not strictly from economic theory proper, but rather > > from the language of management schools, business consultants and > > financial journalism. British society has been subject to a > > deliberate campaign, initiated in free-market think tanks in the > > 1960s and 1970s and pushed strongly by business leaders and > > right-wing commentators ever since, to elevate the status of > > business and commerce and to make ‘contributing to economic > > growth’ the overriding goal of a whole swathe of social, cultural > > and intellectual activities which had previously been understood > > and valued in other terms. > > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/corey-robin/the-war-on-tax > > > > Corey Robin > > Downgrading Obama > > > > The debt crisis confronting the Obama administration is the > > product of war and taxes. There is little dispute that the origins > > of the crisis predate Obama’s election. When George W. Bush took > > office in 2001, the US had a $2 trillion budget surplus. Many > > believed that if the country merely continued on the path set by > > Bill Clinton, the national debt, then $5.7 trillion, would be > > eliminated by the end of the decade. Bush chose a different way. > > > > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/thomas-powers/too-fast > > > > Thomas Powers > > Malcolm X > > > > How to be black in America was the challenge for spirited young > > men of colour who found their way to Harlem in the troubled years > > of the 1940s, when music, poetry, dance and art were giving way to > > drink, drugs, street crime and sex for money. Malcolm Little’s > > first impulse was to cut loose in the big city where he found > > himself soon after his 17th birthday in 1942. > > > > > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > > Set your options at: > > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/andrensath%40gmail.com > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/gulfmann%40gmail.com > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == New Zealand, actually. I'll try again when I'm at a proper computer, it might just be for smartphones. On Aug 18, 2011 9:29 AM, "Bill Quimby" wrote: > == > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > == > > > No problems here. Maybe some blocking by country? (Copyright, etc?) > > - Bill > > On 8/17/2011 4:01 PM, Alistair Boyd-Bell wrote: >> These articles seem to be behind a paywall, is this the case for anyone >> else? > > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/andrensath%40gmail.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 8/17/11 5:01 PM, Alistair Boyd-Bell wrote: These articles seem to be behind a paywall, is this the case for anyone else? Alistair, the lead articles should be available--unless there's a paywall for people in Britain. I assume with a name like Alistair Boyd-Bell, you must be there? Right? (Watch him reply that he's in Brooklyn.) Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == No problems here. Maybe some blocking by country? (Copyright, etc?) - Bill On 8/17/2011 4:01 PM, Alistair Boyd-Bell wrote: These articles seem to be behind a paywall, is this the case for anyone else? Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: [Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == These articles seem to be behind a paywall, is this the case for anyone else? On Aug 18, 2011 5:51 AM, "Louis Proyect" wrote: > == > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > == > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/stefan-collini/from-robbins-to-mckinsey > > Stefan Collini > The Dismantling of the Universities > > Since perhaps the 1970s, certainly the 1980s, official discourse > has become increasingly colonised by an economistic idiom, which > is derived not strictly from economic theory proper, but rather > from the language of management schools, business consultants and > financial journalism. British society has been subject to a > deliberate campaign, initiated in free-market think tanks in the > 1960s and 1970s and pushed strongly by business leaders and > right-wing commentators ever since, to elevate the status of > business and commerce and to make ‘contributing to economic > growth’ the overriding goal of a whole swathe of social, cultural > and intellectual activities which had previously been understood > and valued in other terms. > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/corey-robin/the-war-on-tax > > Corey Robin > Downgrading Obama > > The debt crisis confronting the Obama administration is the > product of war and taxes. There is little dispute that the origins > of the crisis predate Obama’s election. When George W. Bush took > office in 2001, the US had a $2 trillion budget surplus. Many > believed that if the country merely continued on the path set by > Bill Clinton, the national debt, then $5.7 trillion, would be > eliminated by the end of the decade. Bush chose a different way. > > > http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/thomas-powers/too-fast > > Thomas Powers > Malcolm X > > How to be black in America was the challenge for spirited young > men of colour who found their way to Harlem in the troubled years > of the 1940s, when music, poetry, dance and art were giving way to > drink, drugs, street crime and sex for money. Malcolm Little’s > first impulse was to cut loose in the big city where he found > himself soon after his 17th birthday in 1942. > > > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/andrensath%40gmail.com Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] From the latest London Review
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/stefan-collini/from-robbins-to-mckinsey Stefan Collini The Dismantling of the Universities Since perhaps the 1970s, certainly the 1980s, official discourse has become increasingly colonised by an economistic idiom, which is derived not strictly from economic theory proper, but rather from the language of management schools, business consultants and financial journalism. British society has been subject to a deliberate campaign, initiated in free-market think tanks in the 1960s and 1970s and pushed strongly by business leaders and right-wing commentators ever since, to elevate the status of business and commerce and to make ‘contributing to economic growth’ the overriding goal of a whole swathe of social, cultural and intellectual activities which had previously been understood and valued in other terms. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/corey-robin/the-war-on-tax Corey Robin Downgrading Obama The debt crisis confronting the Obama administration is the product of war and taxes. There is little dispute that the origins of the crisis predate Obama’s election. When George W. Bush took office in 2001, the US had a $2 trillion budget surplus. Many believed that if the country merely continued on the path set by Bill Clinton, the national debt, then $5.7 trillion, would be eliminated by the end of the decade. Bush chose a different way. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n16/thomas-powers/too-fast Thomas Powers Malcolm X How to be black in America was the challenge for spirited young men of colour who found their way to Harlem in the troubled years of the 1940s, when music, poetry, dance and art were giving way to drink, drugs, street crime and sex for money. Malcolm Little’s first impulse was to cut loose in the big city where he found himself soon after his 17th birthday in 1942. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
