>So put me down as one who sees the book as much closer to a Marxian text than
>a Keynesian one.  Not that a few left-Keynesians in positions of authority
>wouldn't be a wondrous thing right now ...
>
>Anyway, for my part, I'll start criticising when I do something half as
useful
>for people looking for a cogent and accessible analysis of the driving
>institutions in our lives - and to people to whom the possibility has dawned
>that what's wrong is radically wrong, and in need of radical social
transformation.
>
>Or even if I move a WSJ editor to call me 'scum' just once ...
>
>Cheers,
>Rob.

Part of the problem in discussing Henwood is that he is by his very nature
a Protean figure. While citing Marx here and there, the book devolves
mainly to a recommendation of the Tobin tax and market socialism when it
comes to the question of what is to be done. 

Louis Proyect
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