On Wed, 13 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was very interested in Terry McDonough's comments about Sam Bowles > being a "one-man crisis of Marxism," and the general drift to the Right > of a lot of left economists. I've found the discussion of the Regulationists > interesting, but Terry has highlighted a broader phenomenon. What > explains it? Things are getting worse and worse, and its no time for > intellectuals to be in retreat. Have people really become convinced by > the Fukuyama line that we've reached the end of history, that capitalism > is unbeatable? > > Andrew Kliman > Louis: Well, we were at the end of history about 7 years ago when the Berlin Wall fell, but it seems to have started up again with the French strikes. Edward Luttwak, the conservative ideologue, seems to have noticed this. I hope the left intelligentsia will catch up. Perhaps it's about time to stop worrying about whether the East Germans will be happy with the amount of bananas and x-rated videos a "command economy" can deliver and start to take a closer look at the disquietudes (is that a word?) under global capitalism.
