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Re: [OPE-L] The Rosa Luxemburg and the Critique of Political Economy Conference

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Gerry,

will the papers be online?

Paul B.
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From: <Gerald_A_Levy@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:49 PM
Subject: [OPE-L] The Rosa Luxemburg and the Critique of Political Economy
Conference


> > I am wondering whether sparks flew at the Luxemburg
> > conference,
>
> Rakesh,
>
> This comment puzzled me.  Knowing many of the participants,
> it would surprise me if  "sparks flew" (maybe, "wine flowed" but
> that's another matter).   Then, it came to me: the "sparks flew"
> comment was a play on words of the title of the conference:
> http://www.unibg.it/static_content/segreteria/Programmeluxemburg.pdf
>
> A better and more accurate play on words, I suspect, might have been:
> "Like a candle burning at both ends, the 'Rosa Luxemburg and the
> critique of political economy' conference ended all too quickly."
>
> In solidarity, Jerry
>
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