[PEN-L:8780] Re: Michael Perelman's latest

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Actually, Verso spent a long time in deciding whether to do it.  After I
tried to pressure the editor to make a decision soon, he became irritated.

I would be more than happy to publish with MR, but Paul Sweezy always felt
that my submissions were too "academic."

Thanks again Louis.
>
> >You don't even have to read the book to review it on Amazon.
> >
> >Michael Perelman
>
> If this is the same book I have read the first three or four chapters of
> when it was in progress, then I am safe in calling it vintage Perelman,
> which is to say four-star. He compares economic history with Stephen Jay
> Gould's concept of "punctuated equilibrium"--a brilliant observation-- and
> casts doubt on whether economics can predict the future, etc. It is written
> in his usual translucent style. The only problem, as far as I can tell, is
> that the book will mostly be sold in places like Labyrinth or stocked in
> libraries. One of these days Perelman will write a book for Verso or
> Monthly Review and get the audience he deserves. In the meantime, I urge
> people to order it from amazon.com, you'll learn a lot.
>
> Louis Proyect
>
> (http://www.panix.com/~lnp3/marxism.html)
>
>


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Michael Perelman
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