Jim D. was referring to somebody else, Greg Ransom, who runs the Hayek
list.
>
> Michael, who's being insulting now? The only one of why who has, in my view,
>actually responded to my arguments is Jim. Others who are bored with whether their
>socialist ideals are workable can go on to other threads. I will talk about the
>matter with Jim and whoever cares to join in. --jks
>
> In a message dated Tue, 18 Jul 2000 6:16:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Jim Devine
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> << At 03:01 PM 7/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >On the basis of his sheer endurance, let us credit Justin with victory.
> >Hayek has won and the debate is over.
>
> I haven't finished my reply to his reply to my long message that I posted
> over the weekend. Do you want me to quit? or go off-list? (Shall I expunge
> the name "Hayek" from my file so that it won't attract that Hayek fanatic
> (I forget his name) who comes in to every list and tells everyone how
> wonderful his Hero was?)
>
> It seems to me that the only way that Hayek has truly "won" is because the
> fall of the old USSR (and its allies) and the nose-dive of the old social
> democracies has made "There Is No Alternative" the hegemonic Party Line. I
> see no reason that pen-l should toe that line. If everyone else were
> jumping off a cliff, would you do so too?
>
> I am taking a long time to reply to Justin because I have other things to
> do with my life and I want to be careful. That doesn't mean I'm done.
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
> >>
>
>
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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