Greetings, On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Harry M. Cleaver wrote: > Is Capitalism Sustainable? Let's hope not, or rather let's do our best to > make sure that it continues to be able to sustain itself for as short a > time as possible. "Sustainable Capitalism" is a nightmare.(That includes > "sustainable development" because "development" has always meant > capitalist development.) Economists, as a rule, don't worry about whether > or not it is sustainable in theory; they are hard at work doing their best > to make it so for as long as possible. What do you expect? It's what > economics has always been about. For one take on "sustainablity" see url: > http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/port.html > > Harry > > ........................................................................... > Harry Cleaver > Department of Economics > University of Texas at Austin > Austin, Texas 78712-1173 USA > Phone Numbers: (hm) (512) 478-8427 > (off) (512) 475-8535 Fax:(512) 471-3510 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cleaver homepage: > http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/index.html > Chiapas95 homepage: > http://www.eco.utexas.edu/faculty/Cleaver/chiapas95.html > Accion Zapatista homepage: > http://www.utexas.edu/students/nave/ > ........................................................................... > All socio-economic formations, including capitalism, are governed by objective laws. karl Marx's theory of surplus value shows that capitalism gives rise to its own demise. Speaking dialectically, no socio-economic formation lasts forever. Shawgi Tell Graduate School of Education University at Buffalo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
