Re: Market "socialism," etc.

[Jim Devine <jdevine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Justin writes:>  I agree that Jim's replies are excellent, and I shall have
to think about them. I wish that Jim would moderate his tone. If I have
been repetitive, it is because some people--not Jim--weren't getting the
point. <

I am sorry that I am irritated, but I've been familiar with the
Hayek-kritik of totally-centralized planning for 30 years or so. It was in
the intro textbook they assigned when I was a Frosh in college, just as it
appears in Bowles & Edwards, UNDERSTANDING CAPITALISM, 2nd ed. I get tired
of repetition, too. I think that one obligation of a radical political
economist is to get beyond the usual cant, so I try.

I'll let others be the judge, but it's possible that (as with oysters) my
irritation may have produced a pearl or two (perhaps discolored and
misshapen, but what the hell). If there's someone out there in pen-l world
who's an expert on this subject, do you want to be the (lead?) co-author to
help me whip my points into a small book?
Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~JDevine