From: Riccardo Bellofiore (riccardo.bellofiore@UNIBG.IT)
Date: Thu Nov 18 2004 - 08:14:39 EST
At 7:48 -0500 18-11-2004, Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM wrote: > > However, Paul Mattick Jr. had a great reply. He answered something >> like this: you know, Riccardo, when I think of you I can only >> remember that you're a great economist. >> 8-) > >Riccardo: > >For Paul M to call someone a "great economist" is not >necessarily a compliment -- this becomes apparent once >you grasp his interpretation of the character and importance >of critique and the purpose of _Capital_. But, I gather he's a >friend of your so it was probably a well-intentioned joke. I know that, Jerry - I mean, that it was not a compliment. But I do find the joke, in spite of this and because of this (I do myself think that Marxism is both a critical political economy and a critique of political economy) , a *great* reply. Very subtle, no apologies, impossibility to answer. In Italy, there is an expression which runs: God must save me from my friends, I will save myself from my enemies ... Actually, I think this is a good picture of the debate among Marxists. rb PS: I have learnt a lot from Mattick Sr., and also from Mattick Jr, "though [I am] an economist". -- Riccardo Bellofiore Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Hyman P. Minsky" Via dei Caniana 2 I-24127 Bergamo, Italy e-mail: riccardo.bellofiore@unibg.it direct +39-035-2052545 secretary +39-035 2052501 fax: +39 035 2052549 homepage: http://www.unibg.it/dse/homepage/bellofiore.htm
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