[PEN-L:28178] Re: Re: Re: do recessions have a good side?

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Recessions are _Res_ (as in _res publica_) -- & very often English
"thing" or "things" is a perfectly good translation of _res_.

It was in this case.

Carrol

Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Tom Walker wrote:
>
> >"Recessions" can do neither. _During_ a recession, _people_ may clear away
> >their ideological fog or generate new fogs. Or perhaps it would be more
> >direct to simply say that the fog consists of attributing agency to a thing,
> >"the recession".
>
> I can see that PEN-L is once again becoming a rich source of
> instruction. Polls can be misleading. Recessions aren't things,
> though they can do lots of great political work. No wonder
> progressive economists are such a strong influence on political
> discourse!
>
> Doug