AUT: Re: Think-tanks and capitalism.....

["chris wright" <cwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Unlikely, if only because they represent the left wing of capital and are
necessary for the maintenance of a certain flexibility in strategic options.
Then again, fascism could certainly wipe out such things...

Why do you ask?

Cheers,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Handelman" <mhandelman1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <aut-op-sy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: AUT: Think-tanks and capitalism.....


> I know that the growth of think tanks is obviously
> needed for capitalist planning as well as legitimizing
> the present social order (eg "a prominent think tank
> has suggested that a tax cut will stimulate the
> economy").
>
>
> And left-of-centre think-tanks serve to set the
> spectrum of debate......
>
> But my question is this: Will left-of-centre
> think-tanks like Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and
> the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) be wiped out by
> market pressure, in the same way that the labour press
> was wiped out by the market in the 19th and 20th century.....
>
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