Re: leftist encyclopedia

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>]

> Michael Perelman wrote:
> > Jim's interpretation of a project would produce a Wiki encyclopedia
> > but probably not a pen-l encyclopedia.  If done more
> > collaboratively, it would be more effective -- but only if we could
> > avoid squabbles.  Maybe that is too much to ask.
>
> 8 years ago or so Michael raised the idea of putting together an
> economics resource website from contributions by pen-l subscribers
> that would provide FAQ type answers to taxes, housing, jobs, etc..
> It was a great idea but it never went anywhere for the same reason
> that this won't go anywhere. You are all too wrapped up in your
> individual projects, mostly of a print nature. To build Internet
> resources on a volunteer basis takes a kind of collective will that
> is sadly lacking in academia, even on the left. None of the people
> who put together the Marxists Internet Archives have academic
> credentials and the chairperson has a job in a power plant just like
> Homer Simpson's. There are formidable websites that professors put
> together but they are generally an adjunct of their individual
> careers. For an idea of what's out there, go to:
>
> http://www.marxmail.org/links/economics.htm
>
> Louis Proyect

There are many on-line resources available for leftists.  Wouldn't it
be a good idea to begin with compiling available on-line resources
posted by left-wing economists?  Once that gets done, then, we can
have PEN-pal teachers post their syllabi, handouts, classroom
exercises, etc. on the same website.  Once both of the above tasks
are finished, we can move on to asking PEN-pals to produce new
materials for the planned encyclopedia.
--
Yoshie

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