[PEN-L:27277] Re: Jim Craven review of "Economics as Religion" (from Marxmail)

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: Re: Jim Craven review of "Economics as Religion" (from Marxmail)

That's a contradiction in liberalism that's as old as Hobbes and Locke:
invidualism is wonderful, so they say, until it starts undermining the
system that allows individualism to reign. I don't see how the latter
can be avoided forever. Instead, a surge of "too much" individualism
(WorldCom, etc.) leads to a swing back toward collectivism.

BTW, Nancy Folbre's THE INVISIBLE HEART has a useful approach to
individualism dealing with "family" issues.

-- JD

Michael Perelman writes:
John Henry had a more positive review of the book, in that it showed the
contradictory nature of neo-liberal thought.  Individualism is
supposedly good, but too much individualism is destructive.