[PEN-L:1936] Re: SSA & Regulation Theory

[Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 13 Dec 1995 akliman@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I was very interested in Terry McDonough's comments about Sam Bowles
>  being a "one-man crisis of Marxism," and the general drift to the Right
>  of a lot of left economists.  I've found the discussion of the Regulationists
>  interesting, but Terry has highlighted a broader phenomenon.  What
>  explains it?  Things are getting worse and worse, and its no time for
> intellectuals to be in retreat.  Have people really become convinced by
>  the Fukuyama line that we've reached the end of history, that capitalism
>  is unbeatable?
>
> Andrew Kliman
>

Louis: Well, we were at the end of history about 7 years ago when the
Berlin Wall fell, but it seems to have started up again with the French
strikes. Edward Luttwak, the conservative ideologue, seems to have
noticed this. I hope the left intelligentsia will catch up. Perhaps it's
about time to stop worrying about whether the East Germans will be happy
with the amount of bananas and x-rated videos a "command economy" can
deliver and start to take a closer look at the disquietudes (is that a
word?) under global capitalism.