BRIAN,
BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PERHAPS RADICAL OR RADICAL ENOUGH.THE ANSWER
IS BE RADICAL.FIKRET
On Wed, 31 Aug 1994, Brian Eggleston wrote:
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The idea of repressing the R in URPE reminds me of Cardenas' electoral
strategy in Mexico. In the interest of winning friends on Wall Street and
the Mexican upper middle class, Cardenas and his party softened their
message, and became the friends of free trade and marketization. So they
gave
As I look around URPE the fear is that the average age is advancing about
a year per year. Even as a reformer or worse I can realize that we need to
do something to make the group seem more with-it. I suggest that we change
the name to the Union of Totally Rad Political Economy.
I think the big issue is not getting rid of the word "radical" but defining
what it means these days. When I talk to my orthodox colleagues it isn't
the radical that bothers them but whether we are doing anything relevant
or simply just trying to hold on to the old faith. I think its important
Doug, this is an oversimplification, but it's a bit like: you're a radical who
does desktop publishing as against a practitioner of "radical desktop
publishing". Of course, the analogy breaks down at various points, since
political economy is not apolitical. But it is not (or at least need not
Better yet (more in line with this way of thinking-e.g., message below),
why not simply call it "economics" and forget about the adjective
"political" as well as "radical"?
there already are organizations and journals that fill these spaces? why
shouldn't there continue to be one that is not
It strikes me as naive to believe that one could hide one's political stance by
keeping words like radical off of one's resume. If one is so deep in the
closet waiting out the seven years to a tenure decision, I suspect it would be
hard to find the door at that time. But let's do an empirical
An organization called UPE will attract different people and develop
in a different way than an organization called URPE. Calling ourselves
"radical political economists" was already a compromise with the fear
of being labelled "Marxist economists." Are we going to end up with
an organization
First, I don't think the word "radical" should be dropped to improve anyone's
career chances. It is a matter of principle. Having said that, I will admit
to having expunged RRPE articles from my vita, but the real boost came when I
also eliminated *any* publication outside the narrow specialty
I do think some of the recent postings on the URPE name change issue
are missing the serious point and attending instead to more trivial
matters, such as what difference the name makes on resumes. The real issue
concerns the audience accessible to those of us who believe there is
a better
I am receiving many messages in duplicate. Is anyone else so
afflicted? Is there anything I can do to remedy the problem?
Thanks.
Brian Eggleston
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Posted on 31 Aug 1994 at 17:32:31 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
Re: URPE = UPE?
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 14:31:31 -0700
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From: "Chris Barrett" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I do think some of the recent postings on the URPE name change issue
are missing the ser
I now regret even more that I had to leave before the URPE Summer Conference
"Business" meeting (where I assume this issue of excising 'Radical' from our
name came up -- as it has before) and I heartily second the postings of
Feldpauch, Dorman, and Laffey.
There is *much* that could be said
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