Re: Estanblished Trade Unions & Left Politics, was Re: He does have a point

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent observation.  We have many people who are either from or have expertise in
other parts of the world.  I wish we could hear more from them.  I'm assuming that
David Barkin will keep his promise to report on Mexico.

I think we need to keep in mind that the grocery strike was not lost on the picket
line.  A large number of defeats proceeded this one -- especially institutional
defeats.  The current US government attack on federal unions will prove especially
costly.


On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 11:07:20AM -0600, paul phillips wrote:
>
> What I find on this list is that we have a membership that is
> obsessively concerned with 'naval gazing', looking only at what goes on
> on the US without much concern either with historical  analysis or with
> comparative analysis.  I would suggest many would be well rewarded by
> reading, and digesting, Geoff Hodgson's engaging book "How Economics
> Forgot History" -- or how I might phrase it, how Economics forgot
> institutions.
>
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
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