[PEN-L:29502] Re: Stiglitz interview

[Doyle Saylor <djsaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
Lou Proyect wrote Pen-L his urging to listen to the Stiglitz interview on
Henwood's radio broadcast.  I listened and found it well worth the time
spent.  I don't know if I feel as favorably toward Stiglitz as LP.  But it
was interesting how fissures are showing up in the bourgeois camp.  I agree
though that Stiglitz's views on Cuba and China show some shifting going on
with the ruling class.  Of course we have the recent example of the
Republican House leader, Dick Armey, saying he thought the embargo against
Cuba was failed.  So taking another look at Cuba isn't a no no like it once
was.  However, what does this mean in regard to current government thinking?
I notice the well orchestrated press reports of various persons (Kissinger
et al) being against the administration war on Iraq.  I suspect that the
Iraq war debate indicates a sort of decay in high Capitalism away from the
Reagan world view.   That is that the programs of Neo liberalism aren't
working well and the global community of Capitalism is getting more muddled
as the economic picture grows stormy.

I also thought the piece by LP on Noam Chomsky was quite good.  I appreciate
the intelligence and seriousness that LP can bring to such efforts.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor