From: glevy@pratt.edu
Date: Wed Mar 19 2008 - 13:54:05 EDT
> The question arises because Marxists want to show that they have a more > profound understanding of the financial crisis than the pundits and the > bourgeois economists and journalists, but they really haven't. Hi Jurriaan: No, the question arises from within the working class: workers want to know how long a "recession" will last, how bad it will get, and what it will mean to them. These are legitimate questions which we - wether we call ourselves Marxists or not - should be able to address. . > To estimate the impact and duration of the current financial crisis > requires a study of a lot of empirical data, rather than a > mystical/metaphysical or biblical approach. True enough, but what data specifically are you looking at? What data is more relevant that other data? How do you re-cast the definitions in Marxian terms? In solidarity, Jerry _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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