: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:23 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:15466] RE: Re: The US Dollar (spend it fast as you can)
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As we have had most graphically demonstrated over the past two decades,
economic growth is not a means to enable the nations to afford better
housing, social programs and a more equitable
Lind is not a nativist. He is a liberal
nationalist. He may be a Listian, but
to me that is not necessarily a Bad Thing.
The idea that he is a right-wing plant is
hallucinatory.
mbs
While what Pugliese downloaded includes reasonable criticisms of a
neo bracero program, it soon became an
I'm thinking about how to get from here to there,
and Yoshie is talking about getting from there
to here.
mbs
Yoshie is thinking long-term, while it seems that Max is thinking
short-term . . .
Oy vey indeed. Reading Rakesh makes me forget
what I actually said about Lind. I'm sure I
didn't say he was my leader.
I'm about 2/3rds thru The Next American Nation.
I've said the analysis of race and class history
in the book is very persuasive. It's good
populism. I'm on his elaboration
Michael Lind (The Next American Nation) makes the point
that patents, IP, and professional licensure (i.e.,
tenure!) are the upper-class (white overclass) variant
of protectionism.
Consistent free-traders should be willing to do away
with those barriers to trade as well. How do laissez
faire
Michael wrote:
It may be that intellectual property laws may be the most effective form
of protectionism devised so far.
except that it's not the kind of thing that's called protectionism. It
protects individual corporations or other property-holders, not the
domestic markets of countries.
Lind is not a nativist. He is a liberal
nationalist. He may be a Listian, but
to me that is not necessarily a Bad Thing.
The idea that he is a right-wing plant is
hallucinatory.
mbs
. . . Michael told me not to insult anyone, so I will hold back my comments
on the neo-nativist and
