Re: Re: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-14 Thread Ken Hanly
, July 14, 2001 2:26 AM Subject: [PEN-L:15145] Re: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/ International Solidarity with Workers in Russia, neo-Trot. www.left.ru (I think, that is the URL, neo-Stalinist.) There used to be a great publication, Labour Focus

Re: RE: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-13 Thread Doug Henwood
Mark Jones wrote: Doug Henwood: Once again, I have to remark on how weird it is that a bunch of friends of the working class are getting all excited about the prospects for recession, which means the disemployment of millions and lower wages for everyone else. Does the ghost of Andrew

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Nobody is salivating over the prospect of the working class suffer, but it did not do that well during the Clinton boom. But I do relish the downfall of many highly leveraged businesses. I recall your glee at the demise of some of the dot.coms -- a pleasure,which I shared with you. Although

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-13 Thread Rob Schaap
Hi again Doug, Actually I think it's quite relevant to the intellectual and political marginalization of left political economy - it has no analytical vocabulary for talking about good times, If the times are usually good for most people, and sustainably so, well, I wouldn't be a lefty.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-13 Thread Michael Pugliese
, July 13, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: [PEN-L:15090] Re: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility G'day Doug, Once again, I have to remark on how weird it is that a bunch of friends of the working class are getting all excited about the prospects for recession, which means the disemployment of millions and lower

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-13 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Perelman wrote: Nobody is salivating over the prospect of the working class suffer, but it did not do that well during the Clinton boom. But I do relish the downfall of many highly leveraged businesses. I recall your glee at the demise of some of the dot.coms -- a pleasure,which I

Re: Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Speaking of volatility

2001-07-13 Thread Michael Perelman
Doug, I don't entirely disagree with you, but part of the problem w/ the Asian crisis was that it was localized -- leaving the neoliberal juggernaut relatively unaffected. It was the worst of both worlds -- a crisis with a neoliberal solution. On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 12:34:44PM -0400, Doug