[Pen-l] The New Republik

[Max Sawicky <sawicky@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not the usual first paragraph in a New Republic article:

One of the most important lessons of Karl Marx's Capital is that
capitalism is not a self-regulating mechanism (with which the
government interferes at its own peril), but a set of
government-enforced social relations that structure the production and
distribution of wealth. These relationships--depicted in Economics 101
textbooks as "natural" rather than "man-made"--are largely invisible
except in times of economic crisis, when they can become key factors
in shaping the government's response.

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=f3a9b9ea-9cf4-4c53-af89-a88ee420a744
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