I appreciate the sentiments, but what was it in my remarks that set off this explosion? If you think I'm opposed to social democratic policies, you're badly misinformed.
Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date sent: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 19:06:39 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [PEN-L:21439] Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: >social democracy >Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This whole discussion about social democracy and marxist >economics disturbs me (disgusts me?) on two levels. First, on the >practical level, if it weren't for SD I would never have had the chance >to arrive above the level of the working class. My grand parents >were miners, my parents were able to become school teachers, >and I and my wife could become professionals --all on the basis of >social democratic party politics. ( My grandparents and parents >were both active in labour/social democratic politcal parties >politics.) so the kind of sh.. that we get from the rigid marxists is >not something I have much respect for. My grandparents and >parents were deeply involved with the Winnipeg General Strike and >the basic strikes and social strugles for human, racial and political >rights during the 1930s through the 1960s so this kind of academic >shit I don't want to hear about. > >I have done research in Sweden, Britain, Yugoslavia, Australia, and >eastern Europe (and published in "acceptable" academic (including >Marxist economic journals such as Monthly Review and Canadian >Dimension.) The level of discussion of soci al democratic >economics on this list is appalling. I would not accept it as >acceptable at a second year university level. If we are so ignorant >of social democratic theory and practice we would be better off not >to advertise the fact. The same should be said of institutional >theory from Berles and Meanes, Galbraith, Darity and all the other >institutionalists. > >Pen-L should not parade its ignorance of alternative economic >paradigms. > >Paul Phillips, >Economics, >University of Manitoba >> Michael Perelman wrote: >> >> >Another Swedish question. Doesn't Sweden have one of the most >> >concentrated industrial structures in the world? >> >> Yup, think it does. The Wallenberg family's Investor trust controls >> some enormous portion of Swedish industry. Such structures are good >> for social democracy; dispersed stockowner structures like the U.S.'s >> are its enemy. >> >> Doug >>
